2 citizens died due to thunderbolt in Shabwa

SHABWA, Sept. 07 (YPA) – A father and his son from Laqmush tribe died on Wednesday as a result of being struck by a thunderbolt in Al-Rawda junction in Shabwa province, eastern Yemen.

Local residents said that a thunderbolt struck the citizen Ali Saleh Nasser Al-Haig Al-Qamishi and his son Musa in Majaza area.

According to residents, the father and son died during the ambulance operation to Ezzan hospital in the governorate.

This comes one day after the death of a sheep herder “Abdullah Sofan” as a result of being exposed to a thunderbolt near the city of Ataq, the capital of Shabwa province.

Shabwa province and many Yemeni regions are witnessing varying rains, accompanied by winds and lightning thunderstorms.2