A couple has died in Kasungu after lightning struck them inside their house. The incident happened last night. Kasungu Police Assistant Publicist Miracle Mkozi said the 52-year-old Austin Bosco and his wife Anes Banda aged 32 were killed whilst in their house at Chiteyeye location in the area of Chief Kaomba in the district. “Bosco […]
Lightning has killed a learner who was sitting for her Standard three end of term examination in Chitipa. Another learner, in the same examination room has been injured. The country is now receiving heavy rains accompanied by strong winds and lightning. School officials have identified the deceased has been identified as Lusekelo Sichamba, aged 11 while […]
A lightning strike killed at least 3 people and injured dozens more at a church on Sunday in Ntcheu. The lightning struck a church building at Tsangano in Ntcheu in the afternoon. Ntcheu police officer-in-charge Aubrey Nyirenda has confired of the three deaths due to the lightning. “Some of the casualties are admitted to Tsangano […]
Lighting has struck and killed a 44-year-old person in Chikwawa, bringing the death toll of those struck by lightning to six since Wednesday. Chikwawa police spokesperson Foster Benjamin has confirmed of the deaths due to lightning. He said three of the victims were struck by the lighting while in their gardens whilst the three others […]
A 14 year old boy identified by Police as Yesaya Banda from Mwamdimba Village in the Area of Traditional Authority (TA) Kanyenda in Nkhotakota district has died after being struck by lightening. Nkhunga Police Public Relations Officer Ignatius Esau said the incident happened at Banga in Dwangwa on Monday 22nd January 2017. Esau said on […]
A 12 year old girl and a 16 year old boy both Standard 6 pupils at Dzenza Primary School in Lilongwe have died after being struck by lightening while making love in a maize guarden, Malawi Police have confirmed. Kanengo Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sub-Inspector Labani Makalani identified the deceased as Patricia Guwe and Anderson Yohane who […]
Three people have been killed in Phalombe following lightning strikes while attending to a funeral, and others have since been hospitalized, police confirmed. The incident happened on the night of Tuesday 3rd November 2015 following heavy rain and thunder. Phalombe police publicist, August Nkhwazi said it was during the rains when lightning struck at unsuspecting […]
The Group Village Headman Mulyawana of Karonga district the northern part of Malawi has died following the heavy rainfall which was accompanied by lightning and hailstorm destroying over 72 houses and leaving four people injured on New Year’s Eve. The development comes after a spate of earthquakes hit parts of Chitipa and Karonga on Wednesday […]
A 12 year boy has been struck to death by a lightning due to heavy rains that poured on Wednesday afternoon in Mulanje district. According to Mulanje Police publicist James Kadadzera, the deceased Madalitso Mbokola was sleeping in his bedroom when he met his fate while his brother Frank who was in the living room […]
Three people have been killed after lightening struck them in the northern region district of Rumphi on Friday. Police Commissioner for the northern region through Mzuzu Police Public Relations Officer Maurice Chapola confirmed the development to Nyasa Times. Chapola said the rainfall experienced in Bolero on Friday was characterized by heavy winds, thunders and lightening. […]