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Flooding causes four deaths, heavy losses in central region

Floods following downpours, along with gale and lightning, killed four and caused heavy losses in many central localities from October 14 to 16, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

Lightning kills one, 5,000 homes flooded in Nghe An

Flooding has killed one and inundated more than 5,000 houses in the central province of Nghe An.

Three family members killed by lightning

Three members of a family in Tram Tau District, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, were killed by lightning on Sunday, according to local authorities.

Lightning kills three in Nghe An and Ha Tinh

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lightning occurred yesterday in the central region, killing one people in Ha Tinh and two others in neighbouring Nghe An Province. The three dead include one child.

Lightning, heat kill three persons in central region

 Authorities in the central provinces yesterday warned farmers and outdoor manual labourers of the dangers of lightning and heat, which have claimed the lives of some workers.

Lightning kills three workers in Ninh Thuan

 Lightning killed three workers and injured two others in central Ninh Thuan province on October 3 afternoon.

Two women killed by lightning while gardening

 VietNamNet Bridge – On April 6-7, in separate incidents, two women in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong were struck by lightning and killed, according to local authorities.

Boy died by lightning at school

VietNamNet Bridge - This morning, May 2, a 12-year-old student in the central province of Ha Tinh was struck dead by lightning amid the school yard.

Man struck by lightning while using cell phone under a tree

VietNamNet Bridge – A man was found dead at the foot of a pine tree, after a loud explosion when it was about to rain. Next to the body of the victim was a broken cell phone.