PHNOM PENH, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Lightning has killed 140 people this year in Cambodia, a more than 50 percent increase over the number of people killed by lightning in 2008, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the figures from the National Commiltee for Disaster Management (NCDM).
According to Keo Vy, deputy director of the department of information for the NCDM, lightning killed 140 and injured 59. In 2008, 95 were killed and 22 iujured.
“This year the number of lighting deaths increased to 140 …. In some cases, two or three people died at once,” the Cambodia Daily quoted Keo Vy as saying.
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