Durunka

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Durunka | other_name = | native_name = درنكة<br>ⲧⲣⲟⲛⲭⲏ | nickname = | settlement_type = | motto =  | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Egypt | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Egypt | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Egypt}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Asyut Governorate | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | established_title =  | established_date =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 =  | area_land_km2 =  | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|27|9|32|N|31|11|42|E|region:EG|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft =  | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Durunka''' ({{Langx|ar|درنكة}}, {{Langx|cop|ⲧⲣⲟⲛⲭⲏ}} {{IPA|cop|təroːnkʰə|pronounced}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Peust|first=Carsten|title=Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten|pages=38}}</ref>), alternatively spelled '''Dronka''', is an Upper Egyptian town, located on the west bank of the Nile, in the Asyut Governorate.

== History == {{see also|1994 Dronka floods and lightning strike}} The Holy family visited Durunka on their flight into Egypt and the nearby monasteries at Dayr Durunka commemorate it.<ref>{{Cite web|last=holyfamilyegypt|date=2017-07-09|title=Durunka|url=https://holyfamilyegypt.com/2017/07/09/durunka/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Holy Family in Egypt|language=en}}</ref>

In 1994 during severe thunderstorms over the area that caused much damage and flash flooding, a flash of lightning ignited three oil storage tanks each holding about 5,000 tons of aircraft or diesel fuel. These tanks were located on a railway line that subsequently collapsed as floodwaters built up behind it. The fuel caught fire from the lightning strike and the floodwaters swept the blazing fuel into the village, killing approximately 469 people, the world's yet highest confirmed death toll from a single incident lightning strike.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wmo.asu.edu/content/world-highest-mortality-lightning | title=World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive | date=21 June 2023 }}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Asyut Governorate