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Lightning, storm kill seven in South Africa: media Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 27, 2010 Lightning and a storm killed seven people and injured 67 at a Christmas party at a nursery school in KwaZulu Natal, the South African news agency Sapa reported on Saturday. "The clouds emerged and ultimately a huge storm started. The lightning struck the marquee killing five people instantly and two died in hospital," provincial disaster management head, Mthokozisi Duza said. The incident happened on Friday in a remote village when parents and children gathered for a Christmas party in a tent set up on the premises, Duza said.
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Death toll rises to 23 in Costa Rica mudslide San Jose (AFP) Nov 6, 2010 Rescue brigades on Saturday recovered three more bodies of people who died in a huge mid-week mudslide triggered by heavy rain, raising the death toll to 23, the Costa Rican Red Cross said Saturday. Only one person is still missing and believed to be buried under the debris after a wave of mud and rocks early Thursday slammed into some 30 homes in San Antonio de Escazu, a southwestern suburb ... read more |
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