Thunderbolt claims two lives in Tharparkar

THARPARKAR: In an incident of thunderbolt during rainfall in Diplo taluka here two herdsmen were killed, ARY News reported on Monday.

The relatives of the two missing men, initiated search to trace them, found their bodies, which were burnt in the thunder strike after night long search.

In a similar incident in Kambar-Shahdadkot district during the rainfall three persons were died last month.

The deceased in thunderbolt incident in Waggan area of Kambar district, were identified as Ishaq and Muhammad Khan, two brothers, and their cousin Ameen.

“The deceased were sitting under a tree at an agriculture farm to take meal, when thunderbolt struck them,” rescue sources said.

Sindh has received unprecedented rainfall in this monsoon, which has claimed hundreds of human lives and losses in livestock above one hundred thousand animals.

At least five people, including women and children, were killed in Tharparkar district last year in September after being struck by lightning during thundershowers.

Four people were also injured in different incidents of thunderbolts in Tharparkar.

Moreover, 80 animals were also reported killed in different areas of Tharparkar district due to unprecedented incidents of lightning bolts in desert region.

An unprecedented number of 26 people, including women and children, were killed in Tharparkar and Sanghar districts in 2019 after being struck by lightning during thundershowers. Thunderbolts claimed 22 lives in Tharparkar region and four others in adjoining Sanghar district apart of the death of dozens cattle during deadly rainfall.