Lightning kills six villagers in Vietnam

18 May, 2009

An official says lightning has killed six villagers and injured 11 others in central Vietnam. Disaster official Phan Viet Phu of Nghe An province says the villagers were killed instantly in three separate incidents Saturday. The villagers were harvesting rice and had taken shelter from monsoon rains in huts which were hit by lightning, he said.
Lightning also injured 11 other villagers in other incidents, Phu said Sunday.

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