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Malawi: Lightning: 2005/12/18 Country Information on DRR

Period 2005/12/18
Country or District Malawi
Event Type Lightning
Outline At least 11 people were killed and several more injured when a bolt of lightning struck a church congregation in Malawi's northern mountainous district of Mzimba, church officials said on 18 December.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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The Nation, Malawi 2005/12/21
Lightning killed 11 people on Saturday during a church service at Chiseng’ezi Congregation in Mzimba. Five others are in critical condition at the district hospital.

CNN NEWS 2005/12/18
Lightning kills 11 in church