20 Killed By Weather, Whale Sinks Boat, Lightning Sparks Church Fire: NJ Weekend

July 6, 2026 · 1 min read

20 Killed By Weather, Whale Sinks Boat, Lightning Sparks Church Fire: NJ Weekend Patch

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Sotir Nako

Too bad for those 20 people who lost their lives due to bad weather. Even the church that was burned by lightning made me think how quickly something like this can happen. We pray for their families.

Dragan Milošević

I feel sorry for those 20 people who died in the storm. The church burned by lightning made me remember how our church of St. Nikole in Nis barely escaped a similar thing after a storm a few years ago. I pray for the families.

Jovan Savić

I feel sorry for those people, Dragan. At our place in Podgorica last year, lightning struck the roof of the old chapel near the cemetery, so we spent a month collecting money for repairs. Did you hear if they managed to protect the church with a lightning rod in Nis after that?

Екатерина Соловьёва

It’s a pity for those twenty, especially when you read how lightning hit the church. In Kazan, a couple of years ago, thunder also hit the dome of an old church beyond the Volga, and they barely put it out. And the whale that overturned the boat is actually something from a movie, I’ve never heard anything like that.

Sofia Thanasi

Yes, Sotir, 20 lives lost in the storm is a great tragedy. I also think about the church struck by lightning - in Berat we have seen for ourselves how quickly the weather changes in our mountains. Let's pray together for the families.

Tomasz Nowak

I feel sorry for these 20 people, especially since the weather in New Jersey can be as surprising as ours at the seaside. This story about the church being struck by lightning immediately reminded me of how, in our church in Gdańsk, two years ago, lightning struck a tree right next to it and it barely caught fire. It's good that people pray for families.

Xenia Walker

Our little parish in Denver got hit by lightning on the steeple back in '19 during a summer storm, so that church fire story really hits home. Praying for those 20 families and the folks on the boat too.

Teuta Nako

Yes, Sotir, 20 lives lost is very heavy. It came to my mind as we have seen in our garden when it rains hard, the trees break immediately. Did you hear what exactly the weather was like there in New Jersey? We pray for them.

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