2016: 100 Cambodians killed by lightning in 9 months.

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2016: 100 Cambodians killed by lightning in 9 months.

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One hundred people were killed and 101 were injured by lightning from January through the first week in October, according to a report by the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).

The report said lightning killed 100 people, including 20 women, and injured 101 during the more than nine-month period.

It added that most lightning cases happened in Banteay Meanchey, Kampong Chhnang, Siem Reap and Kratie provinces. In addition to the human casualties, lighting killed nearly 100 head of cattle.

NCDM spokesman Keo Vy told Khmer Times late last month that lighting cases had increased over the same period last year when more than 60 were killed and 58 were injured...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30761/ ... this-year/
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Lack of education. I have seen people huddle under the only tree for miles around during a thunderstorm...
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hanno[b] wrote:Lack of education[/b]. I have seen people huddle under the only tree for miles around during a thunderstorm...

They have been educated. That's why you don't see them huddling under a cow.
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Duncan wrote:
hanno[b] wrote:Lack of education[/b]. I have seen people huddle under the only tree for miles around during a thunderstorm...

They have been educated. That's why you don't see them huddling under a cow.
Good one :rave:
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The statistics for 2016 show a narrow increase in deaths caused by lightning compared to 2015:

Lightning kills 108 in Cambodia in 2016
Published: 26/12/2016

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 26 (FN) -- Altogether 108 Cambodians, mostly rural dwellers, had been killed by lightning strikes in 2016, up 0.9 percent from 107 deaths in 2015, a spokesman said Monday.

Besides the fatalities, thunderbolts had injured 105 others this year, up 36 percent from 77 injuries last year, Keo Vy, the spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management, said.

He said that prolonged drought before the rainy season this year was blamed for the surge in lightning casualties.

"It is common to see lightning strikes during annual rainy season from May to October, but this year, there had been more lightning strikes than usual because of the worst drought in May and June," he told Xinhua.
He said to avoid the dangers of thunderbolts, people should stay indoor when there is rain...
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"the dangers of thunderbolts"

Yep, gotta keep an eye out for them thunderbolts!
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Username Taken wrote:"the dangers of thunderbolts"

Yep, gotta keep an eye out for them thunderbolts!

doesn't that mean 'Thor' is on his way?
well that's what I heard....


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