13 Yemenis killed by thunderbolts

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab Weather</strong> - 13 Yemenis were killed, and 21 others were injured by lightning strikes in the governorates of Amran and Hajjah, in the west of the country, during the past 24 hours.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And the Yemeni news agency Saba quoted the head of the emergency committee in Amran province, Abdul Rahman al-Malhani, as saying that &quot;thunderbolts struck separate areas in Hajjah province during the past twenty-four hours, which led to the death and injury of a number of citizens.&quot;</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And Reuters news agency quoted a local official in Amran province as saying that a thunderbolt struck a funeral for women, killing <strong>six women</strong> and wounding about 19 others.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Official sources in the mountainous Hajjah governorate, northwest of Yemen, said that <strong>seven people were killed</strong> and eight others were injured on Saturday evening, as thunderbolts struck several areas in the Houthi-controlled governorate.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Many areas of Yemen are currently witnessing, since the middle of last month, torrential rains, torrential rains and thunderstorms, which have claimed dozens of lives, displaced a number of residents, and caused severe damage to service infrastructure and health facilities.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On August 12, the United Nations announced the death of 77 people due to heavy rains and floods that hit Yemen within two weeks.</p>