India, Sept. 23 -- A 27-year-old male died of lightning strike at the height of Super Typhoon Nando's (international name Ragasa) onslaught in northern Luzon on Monday that displaced about 340 families in the province.

In a report from the La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, the victim was from Aringay town. Meanwhile, the displaced families who moved to safer ground were among 476 affected families or 1,529 persons from the 48 barangays in the municipalities of Bangar, Luna, Bagulin, Bauang, Sudipen, Rosario and San Juan.

Of the total number, 203 families are being served inside 32 evacuation centers and 137 families outside evacuation centers or those staying with relatives or in another family's home. ...