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The band of thunderstorms moving across Zimbabwe has killed five children, four of them from the same family whose hut was struck by lightning in Buhera district while the fifth died in Gokwe North.
The fifth child killed was from Kwashira village in ward 14 of Gokwe North where 17 homes were partially destroyed by the rain, reports the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, which is the home of the national Civil Protection Unit and its outreach into all provinces and districts.
The five-year-old child died from head injuries and two others from the village were evacuated to hospital.
All Civil Protection structures at national and sub-national level were put on alert after the waming of the coming band of thunderstorms, although the Meteorological Services Department yesterday highlighted that this was not the start of the rainy season-The Herald
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