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Australian Lightning kills 5 people in a day
« on: 29 June 2009, 11:03:11 PM »
Lightning kills 5 people in a day


Lightning strikes have killed five people in Cambodia in a single day, a local newspaper has reported.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/29/2610812.htm
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Re: Australian Lightning kills 5 people in a day
« Reply #1 on: 30 June 2009, 01:31:40 AM »
Wow! A very active day with unfortunate consequences. I guess people in their patty fields are prone bring out in the open. Lots of water too...

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It said four of the victims were farmers working in the fields - a group especially at risk when they continue to work during rainstorms.

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« Last Edit: 30 June 2009, 01:39:06 AM by Jimmy Deguara »
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Re: Australian Lightning kills 5 people in a day
« Reply #2 on: 30 June 2009, 02:54:06 AM »
That's really sad. Does anyone know the amount of Australian deaths annually due to lightning? Hopefully it's not too many.
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