3 Farmers Struck by Lightning in Shelter

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:50 am

Cambodia News (Kratie Province): At 5:30 pm on July 29, 2023, in Chherteal Plous Leu village, Konhchor commune, Chhlong district, Kratie province, 3 men were struck by lightning, while they were taking shelter in a hut in the rice field, waiting for the thunderstorm to pass.

The lightning struck the shelter, and unfortunately, one of them, a 27-year-old man called Om Naren was killed instantly. One of the other victims, a 38-year-old man, Ieng Boren suffered severe injuries, while the other man, Phoung Chanmony, suffered only minor injuries; the two injured farmers were taken for medical treatment.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:28 pm

August 2, 2023
Lightning strikes, fires, storms kill 90 in Cambodia in January-July
Lightning strikes, fires and storms had claimed 90 lives in Cambodia in the first seven months of 2023, the spokesperson for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said on Tuesday.

“From January to July this year, 59 people were killed by lightning strikes, 23 by blazes and eight by storms,” NCDM spokesperson Soth Kim Kolmony told Xinhua.

Besides the fatalities, thunderbolts, fires and storms also injured 217 other people, he said, adding that lightning strikes also killed 87 cattle.

“To avoid the dangers of lightning strikes, people, particularly those living in rural areas, should stay in houses or shelters when there is storm or rain,” he said.

According to the official, lightning strikes and storms often happen during the rainy season from May to October in the Southeast Asian country.
Xinhua

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:38 pm

Another death was reported yesterday when a teenager was struck by lightning while fishing.

Cambodia News (Kompong Thom Province): On August 3, 2023, at 6:00 pm at Okronhark reservoir at the southern of Teuk Mleang pagoda, Sandan village, Kompong Thom province, a 15-year-old boy was killed when he was struck by lightning while foraging for crabs and snails with 5 other children. The deceased boy was the only fatality in the group of six.