5 killed in lightning storm in eastern China
Pastor Dale Morgan
5 killed in lightning storm in eastern China
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BEIJING, June 26 (AFP) Jun 26, 2007
Five people building a tomb in eastern China were killed in a lightning
storm, state media reported Tuesday.
The villagers were constructing the tomb on a small hill in Zhejiang
province, when the storm struck Monday, the Xinhua news agency reported,
citing a police spokesman.
The lightning storm killed the five instantly while another villager was
injured, the report added.
There have been regular thunderstorms in recent days in the area and the
local meteorological station had warned residents against lightning
strikes, Xinhua said.
China's extreme weather has killed at least 155 people in flooding this
year, while about two million people were suffering from drought in the
north, the government said Monday.