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A lightning strike has killed a 45-year-old man and injured a woman in Yambio town of Western Equatoria State.

According to an Eye witness, the incident happened amid a downpour yesterday afternoon at the Hai Tarawa area near to the Yambio airstrip.

Christopher Wisely identified the deceased as Alex Tabu and the injured woman as Mama Hallelujah.

Wisely told Eye Radio that late Tabu and his close relative Hallelujah were cultivating together when the lightning struck them.

He said when he rushed to the scene, Tabu was dead but the woman survived, only sustaining injuries.

Wisely confirmed the incident to Eye Radio this morning

“It was  launch time when it rained in Yambio town of Western Equatoria State, then a thunder strike happened and killed one person by the name Alex, 45-years-old and he died at the spot,”

“Then another woman called mama Halleluiah got injured.”

In September 2020, a mother of four was also killed when she was struck by lightning in Yambio.

According to National Geographic, lightning kills or can cause cardiac arrest, including injuries ranging from severe burns and permanent brain damage to memory loss and personality change.