Direction: In the given passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Despite State and national-level action plans to (1) ____________ risks posed by lightning strikes, the country (2) ____________ a record number of deaths due to lightning in 2022. According to data available with the Ministry of Earth Science, as (3) ____________ as 907 people were killed till November 2022 after lightning struck them, a leading cause of death from natural (4) ____________ in the country. This is the highest death (5) ____________ due to lightning in the last 14 years in India.