Lightning kills three family members
EMERGENCY DIGEST – A lightning strike in Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state, located in the northern part of the country, has killed a family of three.
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Dejen Wodage, Chief Police Inspector of Waghimera zone in Amhara regional state, on Wednesday, said a lightning strike on a residential house on left a father and his two children dead.
Ethiopia News Agency quoted Wodage as saying a four-year-old child, who was badly injured in the lightning, is currently being treated in a nearby medical facility.
Ethiopia is in the midst of a rainy season, which started in July, and is expected to last until early October.
The season occasionally causes landslides and lightning strikes in some parts of the East African country.
