Talk:1994 Dronka floods and lightning strike

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Did you know... that a 1994 lightning strike in Egypt led to 469 deaths after oil tanks were ignited and flooded the village of Dronka with burning fuel?

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 23:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a lightning strike in Egypt in 1994 led to 469 deaths after oil tanks were ignited, flooding the village of Dronka with burning fuel? Source: "The tragedy near Dronka (alternatively Durunka), Egypt, on 2 November, 1994: During a set of very severe thunderstorms over the area that caused much damage and flash flooding, a flash of lightning 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 lightning strike and the floodwaters swept the blazing fuel into the village, killing a very large number of people ... 469 individuals" from:"World: Highest Mortality Lightning". World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ALT1: ... that a lightning strike in Egypt in 1994 caused 469 deaths, the most on record to be attributed to a single bolt? Source: "World: Highest Mortality Due to Lightning Record Value 469 individuals" from: "World: Highest Mortality Lightning". World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:57, 2 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Nice work on this short but interesting article. The only thing that remains before I can approve this is a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 01:47, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Epicgenius, must have forgotten to add it. Here you go: Template:Did you know nominations/The Time Meddler - Dumelow (talk) 07:23, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted ALT0 to T:DYK/P6. Z1720 (talk) 23:51, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dronka or Durunka?

Should the town be called Durunka? That's how it is in WP, and google turns up more news articles, government messages, and relief organization pages using that spelling. It's mostly meteorological sources that choose to spell it Dronka, although some newspapers too. Levana Taylor (talk) 18:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I came at it from the meteorological sources which, as you say, favour Dronka. Happy for the article to be moved to Duronka if you think that is the WP:COMMONNAME - Dumelow (talk) 06:30, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It does seem so. Levana Taylor (talk) 21:15, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]