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Four people killed by lightning in KZN

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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs says four people have now been confirmed dead after a lightning strike during severe storms at uMkhanyakude district municipality in the north of the province.

Another three people were seriously hurt. Spokesperson Senzo Mzila says over 100 homes were damaged.

MEC for COCGTA in KZN, Sipho Hlomuka, says: “We would like to express condolences to the families that have been affected by the incident that happened this weekend where four people were killed by lightning in northern KwaZulu-Natal .”

“The people who were killed were from the Jozini municipality. Close to a hundred households have been affected by the severe wind that came with the thunder storm.”

 

 

 

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