An elderly man died due to lightning strike at Garajanga village under Marshaghai block in Kendrapada district on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Sarat Mohanty (64). He was a retired employee of the Postal Department.
Mohanty was plucking flowers from a tree near his house early in the morning at around 5 am when the lightning struck him, killing him on the spot.
In a similar incident, eight cattle were killed in lightning at Gurubai village under Krushnaprasad block of Puri district on Wednesday night when the animals were standing under a tree.