Tag: Lightning Mishap

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a decline in human casualty due to lightning by 31 per cent during 2018-19 following effective use of Early Warning Communication system (EWCS), a senior official said. While 465 lightning deaths were recorded in Odisha during the year 2017-18, it came down to 320 in 2018-19 which is about 31 per […]