Around 50 Cambodians were killed by lightning in the first four months of 2009, while the official toll for last year was 95 deaths. -- PHOTO: REUTERSJune 28, 2009
AFP
PHNOM PENH - LIGHTNING strikes killed five people in Cambodia in a single day, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
Two people were killed in Kampot province, in Cambodia's south, while three were killed in the central provinces of Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Speu, according to the newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea Daily.
It said four of the victims, all killed on Friday, were farmers working in the fields - a group especially at risk when they continue to work during rainstorms.
Around 50 Cambodians were killed by lightning in the first four months of 2009, while the official toll for last year was 95 deaths.
Experts say the tropical South-east Asian country, with its many rivers and lakes, is particularly prone to cloud formations which generate intense lightning storms.
These formations can lie just 50 metres (164 feet) above the earth, and anyone underneath is vulnerable to lightning strikes.
Cambodia's government is trying to raise awareness in the provinces of measures to protect against such natural disasters, according to Long Saravuth, weather expert at the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology.
'We hope there will be fewer deaths as more and more people become well-informed about safety during lightning storms,' he said on Sunday.
Two people were killed in Kampot province, in Cambodia's south, while three were killed in the central provinces of Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Speu, according to the newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea Daily.
It said four of the victims, all killed on Friday, were farmers working in the fields - a group especially at risk when they continue to work during rainstorms.
Around 50 Cambodians were killed by lightning in the first four months of 2009, while the official toll for last year was 95 deaths.
Experts say the tropical South-east Asian country, with its many rivers and lakes, is particularly prone to cloud formations which generate intense lightning storms.
These formations can lie just 50 metres (164 feet) above the earth, and anyone underneath is vulnerable to lightning strikes.
Cambodia's government is trying to raise awareness in the provinces of measures to protect against such natural disasters, according to Long Saravuth, weather expert at the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology.
'We hope there will be fewer deaths as more and more people become well-informed about safety during lightning storms,' he said on Sunday.
8 comments:
Ah Hun Sen Viet's slave will be next!!!
Hun Sen, Ah runteah banh khae praing!
Now God searching for traitor Hun Sen because Hun Sen has never quit what he did to Cambodian people in khmer rouge time he killed a lot innocent khmer he got away with it,now he keep doing that even worse than what he has done before ,killed his mistress ,innocent khmer,his opponent,forced khmer people out of their land for sale so just the matters of time but soon,wait and see
ah slave genes will be next
ah slave genes Hun sen will be next
These posters 11:45 PM, 12:13 AM, 2:25 AM and 2:27 AM are stanaic worshippers, they are too and too evils just like the killers in Cambodia and elswhere.
Lightnings happen every year, about more than 16 millions lightnings a year. Cambodia is nothing compares to other countries. A man was walking on the beach then he was hit by lightning. So no matter where we are, when time comes our souls will be taken away from our bodies. Don't need to wish others to die by lightneing because each everyone one of us's time is so closed.
God struck the damn buddhists dead!
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