Storm kills Battambang farmer, many houses damaged

Local officials in three provinces told The Post on Sunday that storms on Saturday afternoon killed at least one person, seriously injured another and damaged scores of houses.

Soeu Samet, the governor of Battambang province’s Samlot district, said that Tam Bat, 35, a farmer in Ta Tork commune’s O’Ta Tiek village, was killed after being struck by lightning.

“The drought has made this area lack water, and so when the rain came, the victim went out to collect rainwater for his family’s consumption but was tragically struck by lightning,” he said.

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