A 31 year old woman of Katete district has died after being struck by lightning.

A 31 year old woman of Greya village in Chief Mbang’ombe’s area in Katete district has died after being struck by lightning.
Eastern Division Police Commissioner, Eugene Sibote has confirmed the incident to Breeze News.
He says that Joyce Banda mate her fate in the early hours of yesterday when she was sleeping with her husband in a grass thatched house.
Mr. Sibote says the incident happened when the area received little showers of rain and suddenly lightning struck a tree and penetrated into the house, striking her to death.
He says that the husband to Mrs Banda escaped unhurt.