When the sky rumbles


THE death of a teenager and a motorcyclist recently due to lightning strikes again shows how deadly this weather phenomenon can be.

The teenager was struck by lightning while playing football in Sabah while the motorcyclist was struck while riding towards his workplace in Selangor (“Motorcyclist killed by lightning strike”, May 3, online at bit.ly/star_motorbike; “Boy killed, another in hospital after lightning strike”, April 23, online at bit.ly/star_boykilled).

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