KATHMANDU, July 11: A total of 419 people have lost their lives to lightning strikes in the past five years. Similarly, properties worth over Rs 60 million have been destroyed, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).

Lightning kills one in Kaski

June 25, 2023 13:14 pm

KASKI, June 25: A person has died after being struck by lightning in Pokhara.

KATHMANDU, May 16: Forty-four incidents of lightning were reported in the country in a month and they resulted in the deaths of five and injuries to 40.

Two killed in lightning strikes

February 4, 2022 12:40 pm

SURKHET, Feb 4: Two women have been killed in lightning strikes in Surkhet and Salyan districts. One woman died in Bheriganga Municipality of Surkhet and the other in Bangad Kupinde Municipality of Salyan, according to the police.

ACHHAM, April 9: One person was killed while 16 others injured by lightning strikes in the district on Monday night, police said.

ACHHAM, April 2: Fifteen people sustained injuries by lightning strikes in the district on Monday evening, the District Police Office Achham said.