Tag Archives: LIGHTENING

A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using beauty creams containing high levels of the toxic chemical, according to a case report shared exclusively with CNN. The report, shared by Dr. Erin Batdorff with …

A Delegation from the family of the late Emmanuel Torli, a 17-year coconut seller who was struck by lightning in Ho on Monday, has been sent to Nogokpo, a shrine at Ketu South Municipality. One Mr Nicolas Nfodjo, who described himself as a grandfather of the deceased, disclosed this to …

A lightning incident that occurred in Ho late Monday afternoon has killed one person and left two other persons injured. The deceased has been identified as Emmanuel Torli, 17, who sold coconut on a pavement opposite the office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Volta regional capital. …

Lightning has struck a 13-year-old girl to death while two others have sustained serious burns in Dowa district. Dowa Police Spokesperson Sub-inspector Gladson M’bumpha confirmed of the development in an interview with the press, saying the incident happened on Sunday night According to M’bumpha, Ruth Benjamin, Melina Mpandang’oma aged 12 …

A 32-year-old man has been struck dead by lightning at Adanwomase in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Tuesday, January 19, 2020, around 5:30 pm during a rainfall. Adjei Ernest was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the Asonomaso hospital. Mother to the …

At least four people have been killed by lightning strikes in Mozambique’s western province of Tete, which shares a border with neighbouring Malawi. Meanwhile, a rainstorm accompanied by strong winds has left a trail of destruction in southern Mozambique. Those killed by lightning strikes include an elderly woman and a …

A  24-year-old woman was struck dead by lightning two weeks after her wedding. The deceased, Kamuya Nabirye, died on the spot after being hit by lightning as she sat on a bench inside her house, while carrying her three-month-old daughter during a heavy downpour on Monday, October 5. This incident …

15 cows were on Saturday evening, struck to death by lightning at Ikogosi in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State.   It was gathered that the cattle were killed at the Ikogosi Warm Spring site, a popular  tourism and recreational centre where warm and cold streams meet along Ipole-Ekiti.   …

A man has died after he was struck by lightning during a downpour in Edo state.   The man, identified simply as Mr. Edafe, died on Thursday, June 4, in Benin, Edo State.   The deceased was reportedly working at a building site around the Cattle Market in Asoro Hill, on …

A lightning strike has killed a man and injured one other in the Ejura Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident which occurred just before 17:00hrs on Wednesday left 21-year-old Abdul Sumaila unconscious with burns on the face and chest region. He was rushed to the Ejura Government Hospital and …