Yemen Monitor/Newsroom
Six people, including a woman, were killed by lightning strikes in separate incidents in Lahj Governorate, southern Yemen.
Local sources said that “heavy rains that fell on the Mudhariba district, caused the death of 6 people, including a woman, over a 15-day period.”
In a related incident, 35 goats were killed at once yesterday, Saturday, as a result of a lightning strike that accompanied the rains that fell on the countryside of Taiz Governorate (southwest of the country).
Local sources said that “a lightning strike caused the death of the goats belonging to Sallal al-Qahazi in the Maqbana district, Al-Aqahuz area, Al-Farirah village,” while the owner of the goats was taken to a nearby hospital.
Lightning strikes have recently caused the death and injury of dozens of people and the death of thousands of sheep and animals in a number of governorates, coinciding with the heavy rains that the entire country is witnessing.
