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Death Toll Rises in Ugandan School Lightning Strike

Posted June 30th, 2011 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
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Ugandan authorities say the death toll from a Tuesday lightning strike at a primary school has risen to at least 20. Officials say two more students have died as a result of the lightning strike at the Runyanya Primary School in the Kiryandongo district . A teacher is among the dead. Authorities say 36 other […]

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Local Reports: 18 Children Dead in Uganda Lightning Strike

Posted June 29th, 2011 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
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Ugandan media reports say that lightning killed 18 children at a primary school in western Uganda on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly lightning strikes in the country. State-owned newspaper The New Vision says the students died instantly as they were waiting for a thunderstorm to end at the Runyanya Primary School in […]

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