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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Lightning Kills Eight Church Goers in Malawi |
| 2013-12-30 |
| [An Nahar] A lightning strike killed eight worshipers including a child at a church in Malawi's capital Lilongwe on Saturday, a health ministry official said. "The worshipers were having an extended session of Saturday prayers when lightning struck their church at around 4.30pm," Charles Mwansambo, chief of health services in the ministry of health, told Agence France Presse. He said the eight victims -- included seven adults and one child -- had "arrived already dead" at Kamuzu Central hospital from the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mwansambo said one person was at the intensive care unit, while 40 others were being "observed" and treated as outpatients. "It's a disaster... it was a natural phenomenon," Mwansambo said. Lightning has killed three other people in separate incidents since the start of the rainy season last month, according to media reports. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Waiting... waiting.... don't torture me here. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-12-30 16:26 |
| #2 Jim Baker is not known to be in Malawi so I suspect it's a hilltop church with an no lighting rod. Another reason to carry a 1-iron in storms. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-12-30 08:07 |
| #1 Very, very sad. Moves to the very top of my short list of "why questions" to one day ask. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-30 07:09 |