Watch: Electric rain falls on terrified passers-by during lightning storm Filed on May 22, 2021
Shocking CCTV footage shows the incident happening after a lightning bolt hit trolley bus wires.
Terrifying CCTV footage shows a shower of sparks falling on terrified pedestrians during a lightning storm in Russia.
According to
, the incident occurred in St. Petersburg on May 19 after a lightning bolt hit trolley bus wires, causing a powerful electric discharge.
The beginning of the video features footage of the explosion caused by the lightning strike as seen from afar.
This is the terrifying moment a rain of huge electric sparks fell down on shocked passers-by after a lightning bolt struck trolley bus wires in Russia. https://t.co/8uroG9ykDqpic.twitter.com/7rePkyD95D Atlantide (@Atlantide4world) May 21, 2021
Covid vaccine: India needs to order 1 billion jabs to cover 60% of population, says IMF
Web Report/Mumbai
It proposed a three-pronged $50 billion plan to tackle the pandemic in India.
India will have to order a billion Covid vaccine doses to inoculate a majority of the population, according to a discussion note by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“To get to 60 per cent coverage, India will need to immediately place sufficient vaccine orders of about 1 billion doses through contracts that incentivise investment in additional capacity and augmentation of the supply chain,” according to a discussion note, co-authored by IMF’s chief economist Gita Gopinath and economist Ruchir Agarwal.
Pakistan: Man jumps from third floor, dies, after girlfriend’s brother arrives
Web Report/Dijkot Filed on May 22, 2021
The Pakistani man jumped from his lover’s house’s rooftop for fear of being caught by her brother.
A Pakistani man died after he jumped from his girlfriend’s house’s rooftop for fear of being caught by her brother.
According to the Express Tribune, Hassan Farooq, 22, had visited his girlfriend’s house in Djikot and, hearing her brother come in, had jumped from the third storey roof.
Rescue 1122 personnel rushed him to the nearby Allied Hospital where he passed away due to his severe injuries.
6.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia
The quake occurred with the epicentre at 57 km southeast of Blitar district.
A earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia s East Java province, authorities said, adding that there were minor damages but no casualties.
The quake occurred at 7.09pm on Friday with the epicentre at 57 km southeast of Blitar district and the depth at 110 km under the seabed, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said.
No tsunami alert was issued as the quake did not have the potential for a giant wave, Xinhua news agency reported
An official in East Java said he has coordinated and communicated with the disaster agency s top officials in the affected districts, and learned that only minor damages were reported in Blitar district which was the hardest-hit.