PHNOM PENH: Lightning strikes killed 31 people in Cambodia in the first half of 2025, down 31 pe rcent from 45 deaths over the same period last year, a disaster control spokesperson said on Tuesday (July 8).
"Among the dead so far this year were 11 females and three children," Soth Kim Kolmony, spokesperson for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), told Xinhua.
