Two people died of thunderbolt in Hajjah

HAJJAH, July 12 (YPA) – Two people died as a result of a thunderbolt they were exposed to in a house in Aflah Al-Yaman district in Hajjah province, northern Yemen, on Wednesday.

An official at the Civil Defense Authority stated that due to heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms this afternoon, the citizens Ghaleb Ali Ghaleb Haydan, 40 years old, and Majid Muhammad Hadi Haidar, 37 years old, were hit by a thunderbolt and died immediately.

The Civil Defense Authority renewed its call to citizens to abide by the instructions related to sheltering from thunderbolts, turning off electrical appliances and mobile phones, and not taking shelter in abandoned homes, in order to preserve their lives.

YPA