Thunderstruck: After heat, Club World Cup weathers storms and threat of lightning
World 14:30 22/06/2025From stifling heat to thunderstorms, the Club World Cup has been at the mercy of the extremes of the American summer, with the threat of lightning now forcing players to retreat to the tunnels while fans seek shelter as matches are suddenly halted.
Nearly 6,000 chickens killed as lightning strikes farm in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:58 22/07/2022The damage was estimated at more than VND1.4 billion (US$59,800)
Two fatally struck by lightning while commuting in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:49 15/07/2022Two women were killed by a lightning strike as they were traveling to work by motorbike on Thursday
Man killed by lightning strike while riding motorbike in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:39 11/07/2022The victim was riding his motorbike in the rain when he was struck by lightning and died on the spot
Lightning strike kills 230 pigs in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:57 13/05/2022The total damage was estimated at billions of dong (VND1 billion = US$43,300)
Lightning strike kills 4th grader cycling home from school in Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:37 27/04/2021The student was given emergency treatment, but he could not make it
Lightning strike briefly shuts down Ho Chi Minh City runway
Vietnam News 11:20 24/04/2021No airplanes were running on the runway at the time of the lightning strike
Vietnamese sixth-graders fatally electrocuted after lightning breaks electric wires
Vietnam News 11:36 15/10/2018Two were killed and four wounded as they walked out of their school
Lightning strikes 3 hydropower plant workers dead in Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:45 05/10/2014Three workers of a hydropower plant in central Vietnam were struck dead by lightning while they were taking shelter at their workplace from a thunderstorm on Friday evening
