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ignited three oil storage tanks each holding about 5,000 tons of aircraft or diesel fuel. These tanks were located on a railway line that subsequently collapsed as floodwaters built up behind it. The fuel caught fire from the
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and the floodwaters swept the blazing fuel into the village, killing approximately 469 people, the world's yet highest confirmed death toll from a single incident lightning strike.
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Durunka is located in Egypt
27°9′32″N 31°11′42″E / 27.15889°N 31.19500°E / 27.15889; 31.19500
Egypt
Governorate
Asyut Governorate
Time zone
UTC+2
EST
DST
Arabic
Coptic
[təroːnkʰə]
Upper Egyptian
Nile
Asyut Governorate
1994 Dronka lightning strike
The Holy family
flight into Egypt
monasteries
thunderstorms
flash flooding
lightning
lightning strike
"Durunka"
"World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive"
27°09′00″N 31°11′00″E / 27.15000°N 31.18333°E / 27.15000; 31.18333
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geography of Egypt
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expanding it

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