Man dies after lightning strikes his talisman

Thursday June 4, 2009 MYT 5:22:00 PM

TUMPAT: A man of Siamese descent was killed after he was struck by lightning while taking shelter under a shed in Kampung Binjai here.

Champee Kelean, 46, died on the spot at 6pm Wednesday after a bolt of lightning struck a copper talisman he wore at his waist.

His sister, Mek Kedi, 39, said Champee, a vegetable wholesaler at the Tanah Merah market, left the house at around 4pm to meet several friends in the shed located in a padi field.

"However, his friends left when it started to rain but he remained in the shed," she told Bernama here Thursday.

Mek Kedi said passing villagers discovered her brother in the shed.

Tumpat acting police chief Supt Khalid Munap confirmed the

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/4/nation/20090604172402&sec=nation

Lelaki maut tangkal azimat tembaga disambar petir

TUMPAT: Tangkal tembaga yang dipakai seorang lelaki di pinggangnya sejak 15 tahun lalu, kononnya sebagai azimat kesihatan dan pelaris perniagaan, akhirnya membawa maut apabila logam itu disambar petir ketika mangsa berteduh di pondok sawah dekat Binjai di sini, kelmarin.

Champee a/l Kelean, 45, pemborong sayur di pasar Tanah Merah, ditemui mati dengan kesan terbakar di bahagian pinggangnya oleh penduduk kampung selepas hujan reda, kira-kira jam 5 petang.

Ketua Polis Tumpat, Superintendan Khalid Munap, berkata hasil bedah siasat mengesahkan lelaki keturunan Siam itu mati akibat disambar petir.

"Siasatan mendapati tiada unsur jenayah berhubung kematian mangsa, sebaliknya disebabkan panahan petir yang menyambar tembaga yang dipakai di pinggangnya. Berikutan itu, kes ini diklasifikasikan sebagai kematian mengejut," katanya di sini, semalam.

Sementara itu, rakan mangsa, Eh Dam a/l Eh Tip, 60, berkata sebelum kejadian, mereka seramai enam orang termasuk mangsa berehat di pondok itu selepas bekerja di kebun sayur.

"Apabila hujan, kami semua bergegas balik tetapi Champee mahu menunggu sehingga hujan reda. "Tangkal tembaga yang dipakai 15 tahun lalu mungkin disambar petir kerana dia tak pakai baju," katanya.

College student struck by lightning

Tue, Dec 08, 2009
The Star/Asia News Network

SUBANG JAYA, Malaysia: A college student who was trying to take cover from a downpour was killed when he was struck by lightning while running to his car in USJ 2/11, near here.

Tan Han Yim, 20, a mass communications student from a college in Subang Jaya, was playing basketball with his friends when it started to rain.

He died on the spot from burns to his chest and face.

In the 5.30pm incident on Sunday, Han Yim and a few friends were running to his car which was parked about 10m from the basketball court.

Han Yim, who was struck as he was running past a tree, was rushed to the Subang Jaya Medical Centre but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Subang Jaya district police chief Asst Comm Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar, when contacted, confirmed the incident.

At the Gui Yuan crematorium in Petaling Jaya last night, Han Yim's father said parents should stop their children from playing basketball during the current rainy season.

"I have advised Han Yim many times not to play basketball in the rain.

"He was very alert because when it started raining he ran back to his car," he said, adding that unfortunately his son was struck as he was running to take shelter.

http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20091208-184629.html

Malaysia: Soccer player struck dead by lightning

NST Online
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:54 EDT

A man died after he was struck by lightning while playing football at the
Sekolah Kebangsaan Tengku Bendahara field in Kodiang, Kedah yesterday.

In the 7pm incident, Mohd Khairon Fazdli Md Isa, 27, a heavy machine operator, was playing with friends at the field when the lightning struck.

His friend, Rozaimi Johari, 26, passed out in the incident.

Met the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital here, Rozaimi said he saw a bright light and heard a loud bang before passing out, adding that the weather was fine at that time.
When he regained consciousness several minutes later he saw Mohd Khairon laying motionless on the field.

Kangar police confirmend the incident.

Mohd Khairon's body had been taken to Kodiang last night for burial in Kampung Damai today.

https://www.sott.net/articles/show/152447-Malaysia-Soccer-player-struck-dead-by-lightning

April 02, 2008 11:48 AM

Lelaki Maut Disambar Petir Ketika Bermain Bola Sepak

KANGAR, 2 April (Bernama) -- Seorang lelaki maut disambar petir ketika sedang bermain bola sepak di padang Sekolah Kebangsaan Tengku Bendahara, Kodiang, Kedah semalam.

Kejadian dilaporkan berlaku kira-kira pukul 7 petang dalam cuaca cerah apabila mangsa, Mohd Khairon Fazdli Md Isa, 27, bersama rakan-rakan sedang bermain di tengah padang bola itu.

Mangsa yang baru dua bulan bertugas dengan sebuah syarikat pembinaan di Perlis sebagai pembantu jentera berat maut di tempat kejadian manakala seorang lagi rakannya, Rozaimi Johari, 26, pengsan akibat kejadian itu.

Rozaimi yang ditemui di Hospital Tuanku Fauziah di sini malam tadi, berkata beliau yang berada berhampiran mangsa melihat cahaya terang dan bunyi yang kuat sebelum pengsan selama beberapa minit.

Katanya apabila tersedar semula, beliau melihat mangsa yang masih bujang itu telah kaku.

Turut menziarahi jenazah adalah bekas Menteri Besar Perlis Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim.

Polis mengesahkan kejadian itu dan berkata jenazahnya dibawa pulang ke Kodiang, malam tadi untuk dikebumikan di Kampung Damai hari ini.

-- BERNAMA
http://web10.bernama.com/kpdnhep/newsBm.php?id=324128&vo=26

Girl watches in horror as lightning kills mum

Thursday May 4, 2006

ALOR STAR: A 10-year-old girl watched in horror as lightning struck her mother dead at their goreng pisang stall in Kampung Tok Kepak in Ayer Hitam, about 30km from Alor Star.

Nurul Huda Fadzil screamed as she watched her mother, Zainab Nafiah, 48, died after being struck by the lightning during a thunderstorm at 6pm yesterday.

The girl has minor burns on her right foot in the incident.

Nurul Huda, who is from SR Tok Kepak, was sent to the Alor Star hospital by her father Fadzil Din.

The family lives about 4km away.

Fadzil, 52, said the lightning only struck once.

“My wife had started the business three months ago.

“She usually takes our daughter along with her,” said Fadzil, who has five sons.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/5/4/nation/14146654&sec=nation

Fatal lightning strikes in Malaysia.

Murty OP, Kian CK, Ari Husin MH, Nanta Kumar RK, Mohammed Yusuf WY.

Forensic Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. dropmurty@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Lightning strike is a natural phenomenon with potentially devastating effects and represents one of the important causes of deaths from environmental phenomena.

Almost every organ system may be affected as lightning current passes through the human body taking the shortest pathways between the contact points.

A 10 years retrospective study (1996-2005) was conducted at University Hospital Kuala Lumpur (20 cases) also including cases during last 3 years from Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang (7 cases) from the autopsy reports at Forensic Pathology Units of these 2 hospitals. Both these hospitals are attached to University of Malaya.

There were 27 fatal cases of lightning strike with male preponderance(92.59%) and male to female ratio of 12.5:1.

Majority of victims of lightning strike were from the age group between 30 and 39 years old. Most of the victims were foreign workers. Indonesians workers contributed to 59.26% of overall cases. Majority of them were construction workers who attributed i.e.11 of 27 cases (40.74%). Most of the victims were brought in dead (37.04%).

In majority of the cases the lightning incidence occurred in the evenings, with the frequency of 15 of 27 cases (62.5%). The month of December represented with the highest number of cases (5 cases of 23 cases); 2004 had the highest incidence of lightning strike which was 5 (19.23%). Lightning strike incidence occurred when victims had taken shelter (25.9%) under trees or shades.

Lightning strike in open areas occurred in 10 of 27 cases (37.0%). Head and neck were the most commonly affected sites with the incidence of 77.78% and 74% respectively in all the victims. Only 29.63% of the cases presented with ear bleeding.

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Sep;30(3):246-51.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19704405

Diancam kilat, petir

2010/05/06

Penghuni Bukit Rinting bimbang alat elektrik sering rosak

JOHOR BAHRU: Seramai 50 penghuni rumah mewah di Taman Bukit Rinting bersebelahan Taman Rinting dekat sini, dalam kebimbangan berikutan ancaman kilat dan petir setiap kali hujan lebat yang menyebabkan banyak peralatan elektrik mereka rosak teruk akibat dipanah petir sekali gus mengakibatkan kerugian antara RM2,000 dan RM5,000 sejak dua tahun lalu.

Penduduk mendakwa beberapa barangan elektrik termasuk mesin faksimile, mesin basuh, televisyen dan peti sejuk kerap mengalami kerosakan apabila kabel utama barangan berkenaan dipanah petir setiap kali kilat dan petir. Tinjauan ke kawasan perumahan berkenaan mendapati kejadian terbabit kerap berlaku terutama sekitar deretan rumah di Jalan Tembusu 13, 14, 15 dan 17 yang kebetulan kedudukan rumah terbabit di kawasan berbukit dan sekeliling rumah dipenuhi pokok landskap besar yang berusia lebih 30 tahun.

Jurucakap penduduk, Azmi Taib, 46, penduduk kini fobia setiap kali berlaku hujan dan kilat kerana bimbang kejadian yang sama berulang menyebabkan penduduk bakal mengalami kerugian teruk apabila barangan elektrik mereka rosak dipanah petir.

Katanya, kejadian terbaru berlaku April lalu, apabila mesin faksimile dan mesin basuh beliau rosak dipanah petir menyebabkan barangan berkenaan tidak boleh digunakan lagi dan kerugian sekitar RM2,000 dalam kejadian hujan dan petir tidak sampai sejam itu.
“Kami hairan bagaimana kawasan kediaman kami terlalu kerap mengalami gangguan petir berbanding kawasan lain yang kebetulan berhampiran dengan kawasan ini. Mungkin kawasan ini tidak dipasang kabel penahan petir atau wayar penebat bumi.
“Keadaan ini membimbangkan kami setiap kali apabila hujan dan petir kuat yang berlaku jika kami tidak ada di rumah. Kemungkinan pelbagai kejadian buruk berlaku ke pada ahli keluarga dan barangan elektrik di rumah,” katanya.

Azmi berkata, pada November lalu, kejadian kilat dan petir turut berlaku disusuli hujan dan angin kencang menyebabkan tidak kurang 10 rumah di kawasan itu rosak apabila dihempap dahan pokok.

“Ketika itu, barangan elektrik kami juga banyak yang rosak dan tidak boleh digunakan lagi, kami terpaksa menggantikan yang baru untuk kegunaan seharian. Malah, berlaku kejadian pintu pagar automatik tidak berfungsi menyebabkan beberapa penduduk terperangkap di dalam rumah ketika kejadian itu,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, penduduk sudah membuat laporan kepada Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) berhubung kerosakan berkenaan termasuk meminta pihak terbabit membuat siasatan bagaimana kejadian petir terlalu kerap berlaku di kawasan terbabit.

Sementara itu, jurucakap Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Pasir Gudang yang dihubungi berkata, pihaknya akan membuat siasatan terlebih dulu ke kawasan terbabit sebelum mengambil sebarang tindakan kerana ia membabitkan soal keselamatan penduduk.

http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Johor_Diancamkilat_petir/Article

LTSAAS ditutup, landasan dipanah petir

TIGA penerbangan Firefly ke LTSAAS di Subang terjejas ekoran landasan lapangan terbang itu berlubang akibat dipanah petir petang semalam.

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KUALA LUMPUR - Tiga penerbangan Firefly ke Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (LTSAAS) di Subang di sini terjejas kerana landasan lapangan terbang itu berlubang akibat dipanah petir semasa hujan lebat petang semalam.

Pengurus Besar Kanan (Operasi) Malaysia Airlines Holdings Berhad (MAHB), Datuk Azmi Murad berkata, panahan petir itu mengakibatkan dua buah lubang berukuran setiap satu 0.37 meter persegi.

"Akibatnya, tiga penerbangan FireFly dari Terengganu ke Subang telah dilencongkan ke Pulau Pinang, sementara penerbangan dari Kota Bharu dan Pulau Pinang telah diarahkan berpatah balik ke tempat mereka berlepas," katanya di sini.

Beliau berkata MAHB telah bertindak pantas menampal lubang-lubang itu menggunakan sejenis bahan premix bagi membolehkan landasan itu beroperasi semula pukul 6 petang. - Bernama

http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2010&dt=0505&pub=Kosmo&sec=Negara&pg=ne_08.htm


Wednesday May 5, 2010
Subang airport closed after lightning strikes runway

PETALING JAYA: The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport in Subang was partially closed for an hour after lightning damaged its runway during a thunderstorm.

Department of Civil Aviation director-general Datuk Azharud­din Abdul Rahman said lightning yesterday created three holes in the middle of the runway, each one averaging two feet (60cm) in diameter and six inches (15cm) deep.

“By 6.15pm, the holes had been patched up and the airport was fully operational again,” Azharud­din told The Star.

No aircraft was struck by lightning during the storm yesterday, he said.

A Meteorological Department spokesman said severe thunderstorms were normal during the inter-monsoon season.

“Rain will be accompanied by lightning and thunder. The storm also causes a strong downdraft, making it very windy,” he said.

It rained from 4pm to 6pm yesterday, pouring heavily for the first hour before easing in the second hour, he added.

Ipoh Timur MP Lim Kit Siang was among passengers stranded at the airport due to the lightning strike.

His flight to Penang was originally scheduled to depart at 5.30pm, but was postponed to 8.30pm.

The heavy downpour also damaged the broadcast room of the International Broadcast Centre at Putra Stadium here where players were training before the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals this month.

A portion of the ceiling caved in in the 5.15pm incident.

Building and maintenance workers immediately rushed to the scene. No one was injured as the room was empty when the incident happened.

The rain also caused massive traffic jams and flash floods in several areas of the city.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=%2F2010%2F5%2F5%2Fnation%2F6194108

Subang airport runway struck by lightning
2010/05/04

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang was closed for more than one hour today after lightning struck the runway during a thunderstorm.

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd senior general manager (operations) Datuk Azmi Murad said lightning struck the runway at 4.40pm, creating two potholes about 2 feet wide.

"We carried out emergency patchwork and were able to open up the runway by 6pm," he said.

Three flights waiting to land were redirected, one from Terengganu, one from Penang, and the third from Kota Baharu.

Operations at the airport returned to normal at 6pm.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100504201329/Article/index_html