A recent surge in lightning strikes across Yemen has resulted in a tragic loss of life and injuries. Since the beginning of September, 13 Yemeni citizens, including children, have been killed and 11 others injured by lightning strikes in the governorates of Taiz, Al-Mahwit, Amran, and Hajjah...
HODEIDAH, YEMEN - Two brothers and a girl were killed by lightning strikes in Hodeidah Governorate (western Yemen) on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, bringing the total number of casualties from lightning strikes this season to 81 dead and injured. Local sources told "Barran Press" t...
Seven people, including children, were killed and four others injured in lightning strikes across several Yemeni governorates over the past week. This brings the total number of lightning strike victims in Yemen since the beginning of July to 78 killed and injured. According to monitoring by &q...
A Yemeni man was killed by a lightning strike while on a phone call, bringing the death toll from lightning strikes in Yemen since the beginning of July to 66, according to local sources. The victim, identified as Adam Al-Zahiri, was struck by lightning while speaking on his mobile phone ...
Four individuals, two men and two women, were killed by lightning strikes in the past few hours in the governorates of Sana'a (central Yemen) and Al Mahwit (northwest Yemen), according to local sources on Sunday, August 11, 2024. This brings the total number of lightning strike victims since t...
Local sources reported on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, that two camels were killed by lightning strikes in Shabwah Governorate (eastern Yemen), which experienced thunderstorms in recent hours. Sources told "Barran Press" that lightning strikes killed the camels in an open area in the &quo...
Local sources reported on Sunday, August 4, 2024, that a young man was killed by lightning in the governorates of Al-Mahwit and Hajjah (northwest Yemen), bringing the total number of lightning strike victims in Yemen to 56 dead and injured since the beginning of July. Sources told "Barran ...
Heavy thunderstorms in the northern Yemeni governorates of Saada and Hajjah on Friday, August 2nd, 2024, claimed the lives of four individuals, bringing the total number of lightning strike victims in Yemen to 53 since the beginning of July. According to local sources in Hajjah, a lightning str...
A series of lightning strikes across Yemen has claimed the lives of 44 people and injured 13 others since the beginning of July, according to multiple sources. The latest incidents occurred on Friday, July 26th, in the provinces of Dhamar (south), Al-Jawf (north), and Hajjah (north), leaving two d...
A lightning strike in the southern Yemeni governorate of Al-Dhale'e has left a man blind and killed a flock of sheep, local sources reported on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The sources told "Barran Press" that the lightning struck the man while he was tending his sheep in the D...
Al-Dhale'e, Yemen - A lightning strike claimed the life of a five-year-old child and injured his seven-year-old brother in Al-Dhale'e Governorate (southern Yemen) on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. This brings the total number of casualties from lightning strikes in Yemen to 40 killed and inj...
A series of lightning strikes across Yemen have claimed the lives of three people and injured at least 10 others, highlighting the dangers of the current rainy season. On Saturday, June 29th, 2024, sources told Barran Press that two young men were killed by lightning in the "Al-Houd" ...