ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 8, 2013) – A two-year old Filipino boy was killed and his mother severely burned in a lightning strike in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, police said Friday.
Police said the lightning bolt hit Angelyn Francisco, 22, and her son Regie in the village of Lanzones during a thunderstorm.
The boy did not reach the hospital alive due to his burn while his mother is still under observation at the Zamboanga City Medical Center.
A 38-year old woman, Elsa Dumolon, was killed after being struck by a lightning in June inside her bedroom in the nearby province of Zamboanga del Norte. The woman was instantly killed from the lighting strike that went through her window.
Lightning strike is known to go through windows and can travel through electrical equipment and even plumbing or any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
There is no immediate statistics as to the number of documented casualties or injuries from lightning strikes in the Philippines, but those struck by lightning and survived suffered from a variety of long-term symptoms, including memory loss, chronic pain, numbness, dizziness, muscle spasms and depression among others.(Mindanao Examiner)
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