On Wednesday night, a storm with rain and lightning caused damage in Lumbini Province, resulting in one death and damage to several buildings.
According to Lumbini Province Police Chief DIG Dan Bahadur Karki, a 15-year-old girl died after being struck by lightning. She was from Kutibang, Rolpa Municipality-10, and stayed at a relative’s house in Sunil Smriti Rural Municipality, also in Rolpa.
DIG Karki said the strong wind blew off the tin roofs of a three-room building of the Area Police Office in Banke’s Bankatta and the ward office building in Baldengadhi, Palpa. Both buildings are now unsafe to use.
Storms also damaged the Gangadev Rural Municipality of Rolpa and the Panini Rural Municipality of Arghakhanchi. The wind also uprooted trees planted in the middle of the road in Surkhet Road, Banke.
As of 8 AM Thursday, DIG Karki reported that a two-room, one-story house with a thatched roof belonging to Shankar Rawal in Madhuwan Municipality-1, Bardiya, caught fire after being struck by lightning.
Similarly, stalls set up for a festival in Ward No. 6 of Tansen Municipality, Palpa, were destroyed by the storm.
DIG Karki added that authorities are still collecting details of the damage caused by the storm, rain, and lightning across all 12 districts of the province.
