{"id":44943,"date":"2026-05-23T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=44943"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:58:22","slug":"thunder-kills-a-soldier-and-injures-two-in-rumbek-east-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/thunder-kills-a-soldier-and-injures-two-in-rumbek-east-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder kills a soldier, and injures two in Rumbek East County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Yang Ater<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Rumbek East County said a thunder strike has killed an SSPDF soldier and injured two other people following heavy rainfall in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon in Maborduang Village, according to county officials.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/\">Number One Citizen Daily Newspaper<\/a> on Friday, Zechariah Malual Anyuon confirmed that the lightning strike killed one soldier from the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces and left two others injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened last year in the area of Akot and again this year in the same part of Rumbek East County,\u201d the commissioner said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged residents to remain vigilant during heavy rains and thunderstorms, advising people to seek shelter and avoid unnecessary movement during storms.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner also encouraged residents to switch off mobile phones during intense lightning storms, saying it could help reduce risks, although experts generally advise seeking safe shelter as the most effective protection during thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>A relative of the victims, Mabor Dhieu Majuac, said the lightning struck a family home, killing one person while two others survived with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lightning strike burned the whole tukul and destroyed property. Only a few items were left unburnt,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mabor, a woman and a child survived the incident and are recovering from injuries sustained during the strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Yang Ater Authorities in Rumbek East County said a thunder strike has killed an SSPDF soldier and injured two other people following heavy rainfall in the area. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon in Maborduang Village, according to county officials. Speaking to the Number One Citizen Daily Newspaper on<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/thunder-kills-a-soldier-and-injures-two-in-rumbek-east-county\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":44768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thunder-overlay-lightning-storm-electric-600w-2665343821.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44944,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44943\/revisions\/44944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}