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 by Staff Writers Nairobi (AFP) Oct 17, 2018
At least six children were killed and 25 injured Wednesday when lightning struck a primary school in northern Tanzania, a local government official said. The lightning hit Emaco Vision primary school, in the mountainous Geita region, during the morning. "It was about 9am, six pupils were killed and 25 were injured," said regional education coordinator Yese Kanyuma. Images circulating on Tanzanian social media showed parents crowding in front of a hospital near the school for news of their children. In 2015 four school children and their teacher died in eastern Tanzania's Kigoma region when their classroom was struck by lightning.
Tornado batters area near Canadian capital Ottawa Ottawa (AFP) Sept 22, 2018 More than 200,000 people in Canada's capital region of Ottawa were without power on Saturday and two people were critically injured after a powerful tornado ripped apart dozens of homes and threw cars into the air. After visiting the hard-hit Dunrobin area, in the city's west, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson likened it to an aerial bombing, adding that Friday's tornado was among "the top two or three traumatic events that have affected our city" in history. "I've experienced nothing like this in all my ... read more
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