Tag: Lightning Death

The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.

Bhubaneswar: At least 2 persons were killed and 11 others were left injured in lightning strikes as heavy rain and thunderstorms continued in several parts of the State crippling normal life. Two women were killed, while 11 others including 9 women were injured in lightning strikes at two separate places in Ganjam and Nabarangpur districts. […]

Ganjam: A woman injured by a lightning at Bhutasarasingi village under Purushottampur block in the district succumbed to her injuries after failing to get an ambulance in time, her family members complained. According to sources, Tanu Gouda, wife of Panchanan Gouda along with two other people were injured during a lightning strike while working on […]

Bhubaneswar: At least 5 persons were killed in lightning strikes at various places across Odisha on Wednesday. In Malkangiri district, thunderstorm accompanied by lightning killed two persons, one in MVI-41 village under Kalimela block and the other at Bhejaguda under Mathili block. Two persons were killed in lighting in Dhenkanal district. A cattle grazer who […]

Bargarh/Malkangiri: At least two persons were killed and two injured in separate lightning strike incidents during Nor’wester rains that lashed Bargarh and Malkangiri districts on Saturday. A youth, identified as Ashok Thapa, was killed as lightning struck when he was outside his home at Kuntulipali village in Bargarh. In another incident, a woman and her […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as nine persons were killed and six others injured in lightning strikes at different places across Odisha today. In Bhadrak district, a youth was killed as lightning struck him at Jalamandua under Bhandaripokhari block while another person died and three were seriously injured at Radhanathapur under Basudevpur block. A woman was also […]

Bhubaneswar: At least five persons were killed in three separate incidents in Dhenkanal, Nuapada and Balasore districts in lightning strikes on Thursday. While violent storms and heavy rains lashed large parts of the state, lightning killed three including a couple of Jatia village under Parjang block in Khamakshyanagar, Dhenkanal. Another person in Bherunia village and […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha will witness an increase in rainfall activity from today as a low pressure system has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas. The low pressure is likely to intensify and will trigger rainfall across the State, as per the latest forecast of the Regional Meteorological Department. On the […]

Koraput: At least four persons were killed while three others sustained critical injuries in lightning strike in separate places of Odisha on Sunday. Two persons died and three, including a minor, were injured after lightning struck them while they were working in a field at Chinna Khemundi Bhadra village under Narayanpatna block in Koraput district […]

Balasore/Puri: At least one person was killed while three others sustained grievous injuries after being struck by lightning during nor’wester rain in separate places of Odisha on Wednesday. Even though thunderstorm activities have plummeted temperature in coastal areas like Puri, Cuttack, Khurda, Balasore and Mayurbhanj, torrential rain accompanied by gusty wind and lightning have caused […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid thunderstorm and lightning warning of the Regional Meteorological Centre here, at least three persons were killed while one sustained critical injuries in lightning strikes at two separate places in Keonjhar district of Odisha on Wednesday. While two people were killed in Badasialimala village under Harichandanpur block, one died in Thakurapada village due to […]

Patna: At least 32 people, including women and children, were killed and over a dozen injured in incidents of lightning strikes across Bihar in last 24 hours, an official said on Wednesday. Eight deaths were reported in Jamui, seven in Aurangabad, five in Banka, three each in Bhagalpur and Rohtas districts followed by two deaths […]

Warsaw: Four people, including two children, died on Thursday and more than 100 were injured by lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in southern Poland’s Tatra mountains, and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki traveled there to provide support to the rescue teams. The four fatalities in Poland come after another person died Thursday afternoon when lightning […]

Bhubaneswar: At least 13 people have also been reported dead due to lightning and thunderstorm in different parts of the State on Thursday. Lightning claimed lives of two persons each in Sundergarh, Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district and Dhenkanal. Similar deaths were reported from Balikuda in Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar, Kantabanji in Bolangir, Krushnaprasad in Puri and Maidalpur […]