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Lightning claims nine lives in state
Orissa POST
|May 17, 2025
At least nine people, including six women, were killed and some others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes across the state Friday amid thunderstorms, officials said.
While three persons died in Koraput district, two each died in Jajpur and Ganjam districts, and one each in Dhenkanal and Gajapati districts, they said.
Three women lost their lives and an elderly man was critically injured in a lightning strike at Paridiguda village in Laxmipur police station area in Koraput district Friday afternoon.
According to sources, the victims, who were members of the same family, had taken shelter in a makeshift hut while working in the fields as heavy rain and strong winds swept through the area. A lightning struck the hut, killing three women on the spot, a police officer said.
This story is from the May 17, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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