/ 31 January 2001

LIGHTNING KILLS 14 IN THATCHED HUT

FOURTEEN people were killed and 10 injured when lightning struck a hut in a remote rural area of KwaZulu-Natal. A two-month old baby, two toddlers and a 70-year-old woman were among those killed when lighting struck the dwelling in the hamlet of Mogadi, southwest of Durban. Police said the deceased and injured were taking shelter in the thatch-roofed hut from a heavy thunderstorm. – AFP