Lightning struck fishing boat

Two fishermen were killed and seven others were injured when their fishing boat was hit by lighting in the Pacific Ocean near Burdeos town on Polillo island  in northern Quezon on Monday.

  Photo courtesy of National Geographic

The two fishermen died on the spot from fatal injuries. One seriously injured crew-member was brought to a hospital in Infanta town and six other fishing crews who sustained minor injuries were treated by local health workers.

Here the tragic lightning  happened:

We were working last night until 01:30 AM on the roof of our new office. The sky was flashing and sparking from lightnings all the time. From our place we can estimate by their color where the lightnings happen. Blueish white and white are local lightnings, yellow means Bohol or Mindanao, orange indicates Panglao, Siquijor, southern Leyte and Surigao.
Red lightnings come from Negros and Cebu.

At this moment we are including a real-time lightning map into our weather page. This work should be complete by this evening. Have a look here 

Update: It’s done!