Tag: Lightning

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) today issued thunderstorm and lightning warning in 18 districts of Odisha. According to sources, the districts likely to be hit by thunderstorm and lightning are Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Koraput, Malkangiri and Gajapati. It has also cautioned the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) today predicted heavy rainfall and lightning in 16 districts of Odisha in the next 24 hours. The districts likely to be hit by thunderstorm and lightning include Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Bolangir. IMD has advised people in […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 280 people including 27 children were killed due to lightning since April this year, official sources said today. Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) B P Sethi said Ganjam and Mayurbhanj districts reported the highest number of 30 deaths each while Sonepur has recorded zero casualty. The deaths due to lightning occurred in […]

Bhubaneswar: Lightning claimed six more lives in State today taking the toll to 40 in last four days. Two from Balasore district and one each from Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam and Keonjhar district were among the casualties. Lightning struck while most of them were working in fields. Sambhunath Muduli of Odasala in Balasore district was killed […]

Bhubaneswar: In a series of tragic incidents, at least 16 people were killed and nine others got injured after being struck by lightning in different parts of Odisha today, taking the death toll to 34 in two days. As per reports, maximum number of four deaths was reported from Cuttack district, while there were three […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of 18 persons who were killed by lightning in different parts of the state on Sunday. The announcement was made through a tweet from the Chief Minister’s official handle. CM @Naveen_Odisha expressed grief at death of 18 persons […]

Bhubaneswar: Fourteen persons were killed and six other injured in lightning at various places across Odisha today. In Balasore district, while one person each was killed at Mahamadabad village under Srijanga panchayat and at Kuligan under Khandapada police limits, five persons were injured in total. Similarly in Bhadrak district, lightning claimed one life each at […]

Bolangir: A father and daughter were reportedly killed when lightning struck them in Chingerbandh village under Patnagarh block of Bolangir district on Thursday. According to reports, while working on agricultural field, the father and daughter died on the spot after being struck by lightning. Both were moved to Patnagarh hospital, where the doctor in-charge pronounced […]

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 […]

Jeypore: In two separate tragic incidents, three persons including a woman and her son were killed after being struck by a lightning here at at Kharagpur village in Kotpad block of Korapaut district on Sunday. Another 15 year-old boy was also severely injured in the incident and has been admitted to a nearby hospital. In another […]

Bhubaneswar: At least 6 persons were reported to have lost their lives in thunderstorms and lightning at various places across Odisha today. In Rayagada district, three persons were killed in separate incidents at Kalyansinghpur and Ramnaguda block. Heavy rain with thunderstorm struck Shanti Nagar village under Pujariguda panchayat in Kalyansinghpur at around 1.30 pm. A […]

Mayurbhanj: In a heartrending incident, a youth died and his mother sustained injuries as lightning struck them at Dubalabeda village in Mayurbhanj district on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Rohit Kumar Mahanta. Sources said when the mother-son duo was collecting mangoes at around 4 am, lightning struck them, following which the youth died […]

New Delhi: With the total death toll on account of lightning strikes in the State mounting to 56 in the current monsoon season, BJD MP Rabindra Jena raised the issue in Lok Sabha today demanding that lightning should be classified as a natural calamity. In pursuance of such classification, the kin of the deceased should […]

Bhubaneswar: The death toll in lightning strikes in Odisha in the last four days has gone up to 56 with the death of four more persons killed by nature’s fury today. According to reports, a youth of Deuliapatna village on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar was killed when lightning struck him this afternoon. In Cuttack district, […]

Dhenkanal/Nabarangpur: After claiming an incredible 40 lives and leaving 50 others seriously injured on Saturday, the fury of lightning returned to add to five more to the toll on Sunday. Three of the victims of lightning were from Dhenkanal district: Abhiram Dehuri (50) of Santhasara village in Gondia block, Sadananda Dhal (47) of Ganjeidihi village […]