# Durunka

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'''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 Egypt](/source/Upper_Egypt)ian town, located on the west bank of the [Nile](/source/Nile), in the [Asyut Governorate](/source/Asyut_Governorate).

== History ==
{{see also|1994 Dronka floods and lightning strike}}
[The Holy family](/source/Holy_Family) visited Durunka on their [flight into Egypt](/source/flight_into_Egypt) and the nearby [monasteries](/source/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 [thunderstorm](/source/thunderstorm)s over the area that caused much damage and [flash flood](/source/flash_flood)ing, a flash of [lightning](/source/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](/source/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>

==References ==
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Category:Populated places in Asyut Governorate

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