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Haflong: A 36 years old woman was struck by lightning on Wednesday morning in the Bethel area in Haflong. 

As per a source, the lightning struck at when the woman was preparing breakfast in a hay roof kitchen for the family at around 5.30 am. 

The woman was identified as Chanchinmawii Khawbung wife of Lalramlian Hmar and a mother of two. 

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She was later brought to Haflong civil hospital for treatment. 

The woman sustains several burnt injuries in her lower abdomen and various parts of the body.

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“We heard an explosion as if someone threw a bomb at our house. We went to the kitchen side and found my wife lying unconscious and her clothes were partly burnt”, her husband said.

The lightning strike created a massive hole on the floor of the kitchen and damaged electric wiring and several items of the house.

(Input by Suroj Barman)