Tegucigalpa (Honduras), July 9 : An Israeli newlywed couple on their honeymoon collided while zip-lining in Honduras, leaving the husband dead and the wife seriously injured, the Washington Post reported.

The wife was zip-lining amid the treetops in Roatán, the largest of Honduras's Bay Islands, when she became stuck on Thursday, Wilmer Guerrero, commander of the Roatán Fire Department, told the daily.

As she remained halfway down the cable, her husband came gliding down the zip line from behind, slamming into her, Guerrero said. Honduran news outlets identified the husband as 24-year-old Egael Tishman and the wife as 27-year-old Shif Fanken.

The two suffered a number of serious injuries, including fractured ribs, Guerrero said. "The young man complained that he could not breathe," Guerrero said. He died in hospital.

The wife was flown to a hospital in the US on Friday morning, underwent surgery and was in stable condition, the daily said.

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Patna, Apr 10 (PTI): At least 25 people were killed in lightning strikes and hailstorms in several districts of Bihar on Thursday, officials said.

According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Nalanda reported 18 deaths, followed by two in Siwan, one each in Katihar, Darbhanga, Begusarai, Bhagalpur and Jehanabad.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, however, claimed in a post on X that over 50 people died on Thursday.

“I am deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of more than 50 people in various incidents of storm, rain, lightning, tree and wall collapse in Bihar. I express my deepest condolences. May God provide strength to the families affected by the disaster in this hour of grief,” he wrote in Hindi.

He also said that the state government should compensate farmers for their crop loss due to the sudden rain and give them proper compensation.

Earlier, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the deaths and announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased.

On Wednesday, 13 people had died in lightning strikes in four districts of Bihar.

The India Meteorological Department has issued an ‘orange alert’ (be prepared) for a number of districts, including Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gopalganj, West Champaran, Kishanganj, Araria, Supaul, Gaya, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Nalanda, Nawada and Patna.

It has also forecast heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday in these districts.

"Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) likely to occur at few places over Madhubani, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gopalganj, West Champaran, Kishanganj, Araria, Supaul, Gaya, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna," the IMD said in a bulletin.

Water-logging was also reported on Thursday from several parts of Patna following heavy rain.

The state capital recorded an average of 42.6 mm rainfall till 5.30 pm.

Officials of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) and district administration, however, claimed that rainwater was drained out in the shortest possible time despite the downpour.