At 2:30 am on October 8, a lightning accident occurred in Jiaogeli Village, Enmei Town District, Irrawaddy Province, Myanmar. In this accident, a couple who were sleeping soundly were unfortunately hit and died on the spot.

htmlAt 2:30 am on October 8, a lightning accident occurred in Jiaogeli Village, Enmei Town District, Irrawaddy Province, Myanmar. In this accident, a couple who were sleeping soundly were unfortunately hit and died on the spot.

Humanitarian organization member Ge Tu Minang said that the man who was sleeping soundly at home, Ge Dansou and his wife, unfortunately died after being struck by lightning, leaving a 3-year-old child at home. At the time of the incident, the young child escaped the natural disaster at his grandfather's house.

A resident close to the family of the victim said that the village of Gougeli is located on the Enmei-Momia Highway, and the house hit by lightning is near the farmland. There was a thunderstorm the night before the incident. The place where they lived should be in the range of the thunder and electromagnetic field. The next morning, I heard the news of the couple's death.

Natural Disaster Management Department of the Ministry of Relief and Resettlement shows that during the rainy season in 2022, many mine strikes occurred frequently. Since the beginning of this year, the largest number of people killed by lightning strikes in Irrawaddy Province. Dozens of people have been killed and killed in lightning disasters in Yangon , Shiga, Bogu , Rakan and Mengbang .

It is reported that the Myanmar Natural Disaster Management Department issues an average annual lightning disaster relief fund of more than 50 million Myanmar Kyks . The relief fund for each person who is killed in the lightning accident is 300,000 Myanmar Kyks and the relief fund for the injured is 50,000 Myanmar Kyks. In order to prevent damage to historical relics due to extreme weather, Myanmar authorities have installed lightning rod on several famous pagodas.