More than 50 people across Bangladesh
have died after being struck by
lightning in the past two days, police
say.
Many of the dead were farmers who
were killed as they worked in their
paddy fields.
Bangladesh is prone to electrical storms
but this year they have been
particularly severe.
Experts suggest a general rise in
temperatures and deforestation may be
factors.
Other victims included two students in
the capital, Dhaka, who were struck as
they played football, and a teenage boy
who died when he went to collect
mangoes.
About 90 people have been killed by
lightning since March, compared to a
total of 51 people in the whole of 2015,
Voice of America (VoA) reported.
The head of Bangladesh’s disaster
management body Mohammad Riaz
Ahmed told VoA he was “indeed
concerned” by the rise in the number
of deaths.
He said further thunderstorms were
predicted for later this month.
Strong tropical storms regularly hit
Bangladesh ahead of and during the
monsoon season, which runs from June
to September.
A building collapsed at the early hours of Sunday at about 3am at Egbu road just opposite the police station at Fire Service in Owerri. According to reports about 6 people were rescued alive while about 4 people are feared dead. I have videos of were dead bodies are been pulled out. The governor came around to inspect the Collapsed Building and he directed that the old building beside it with a green roof should be demolished also because it's owned by same owner of the Collapsed Building since that same building has already been marked by OCDA as a building dat wud also collapsed soon. From what I saw, the materials used in constructing the building wasn't upto to standard. No chippings rather it was local stones that was used. It was also reported that the building was suppose to be 2 storey but was but out of Greed it was made 3 storey. My name is Kelly Bobor incase u want further information.
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