Lightning Strike

Kendrapara: At least five persons including a woman and a minor boy were killed by lightning strikes on Tuesday evening in separate incidents across Odisha’s Kendrapara district. Three lightning deaths occurred in the Garadpur block. One…

Balasore: A youth died after being struck by a lightning strike at Devog village of Baliapal block in Odisha’s Balasore district. The deceased youth has been identified as Madhu Dadai, a resident of Devog village of Baliapal block in the…

Bhubaneswar: Two rooms of a house were completely burnt down when lightning struck the thatched house at Barihadiha village in Kujanga block in Jagatsinghpur district in the wee hours of Saturday. Three persons, including a woman and her…

Bhawanipatna: Two persons were killed in a lightning strike at Matikhal village under Kalampur block of Kalahandi district on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Bhajaman Dalpati (47) and Kalia Dalpati (40). They were cousins.…

Kalahandi: One person was killed and another was critically injured in a lightning strike at Ambaguda village under Koksara police limits in Dharmagarh block of Odisha's Kalahandi district. The deceased was identified as Pradip Dharua,…

Sundargarh:  At least two people were killed and the injury count rose to 21 from 18 as reported earlier by Odisha Bhaskar, when lightning struck them during a football match in the Sundargarh district, police said. Reportedly, one among…

 Sundergarh: Two persons were killed while 18 others sustained serious injuries due to lightning strike at Baneilata village in Nuagaon block in Sundergarh district today. The calamity struck when a group of children were playing…

Kandhamal: In yet another lightning strike mishap reported from the state, on Wednesday, three students were struck by a lightning strike when they had gone to the top of a mound to attend their online class due to bad cellular service in…

Bhubaneswar: Several lightning strikes in separate regions of the state resulted in as many as three fatalities, on Tuesday. In the first case, two persons were killed at Bhubanpur village under Madhupurgarh panchayat, Dharmachaya block,…