All schools in Umphang district of Tak province have been warned to exercise extra caution when organizing activities in the open air for students during the rainy season, especially where there is a rain storm.

The warning was issued by the district officer, Mr Prateep Potiam, in the aftermath of a incident on Tuesday when a lightning struck as a group of students of a school run by the Border Patrol Police in Ban Mae Klong Yai and their teachers were engaged in out-door activities under a big tree.

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