Lightning strikes Nepalese family’s unit on 27th floor in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

Today (1st) morning, amidst the yellow rain warning and thunderstorm warning, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky and hit a unit on the 27th floor of Wo Hei House, Wada Village, Tuen Mun. The reporter visited the unit in person at noon, and came into contact with a single-resident household who was struck by lightning. They were a Nepalese family of four who lived there for about half a year. The female head of the household, Gurung Preeti, recalled that she heard a loud noise and saw a yellow flash at the time of the incident. Her husband checked afterwards and found that the corner of the wall outside the master’s room had collapsed. She described that the unit seemed to be shaking at that time (The whole house is like moving…I feel like moving.), fortunately, the family of four and the neighbors were not injured, which is very lucky.

Gurung Preeti pointed out that at 6:50 this morning, she was in the master room combing the hair of a young girl in elementary school to prepare for returning to school. Suddenly, a lightning bolt hit the unit. She bluntly said: “The sound was scary, the lightning is yellow. , the lightning is yellow)” She said she saw this situation for the first time, described the scene as very dangerous, and felt scared “very dangerous, feeling scared”, she immediately ran out of the room with her daughter. Afterwards, the husband found that a corner outside the master’s room had collapsed, suspected to be caused by a lightning strike. She checked the electrical appliances in the house and found nothing abnormal. The incident made her daughter late for school, and she was too scared to enter the room. The husband then notified the security of the building, who came to the door at 10 o’clock to understand the situation and take pictures to record.

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