Rainstorm kills family, lightning strikes one dead in Yendi

Another severe rainstorm hit the Yendi Municipality last Friday killing four people and destroying several properties and structures.

Characterised with intermittent thunder and lightning, the rain started at 8.15pm and continued for hours, leading to the destruction of educational structures and individual houses.

The deceased included Issah Parti, 50, and his step son, Yakubu Amadu, 40, his wife Adisah Yakubu, 35, who lived at Gundogu near Yendi.

The other deceased Abukari Sumani of Kpaachi Yili, near Yendi, was also struck by lightning and killed instantly.

An eyewitness and family of the three, Amadu Parti said the rain started around 8:15 pm with thunder and lightning which struck the rooms of Yakubu Amadu, his wife and step son Issah Parti and killed them instantly. Parti said the second wife of Yakubu, Fati Yakubu, 40, was also hit by the lightning in a different room but she did not die.

The eyewitness added that the deceased family man has been buried at Gundogu together with his wife and stet son.

An educational institution was also destroyed by the rainstorm, creating concerns for the Ghana Education Service and Yendi Municipal Assembly.

Meanwhile, Mr Kofi Bigah who is the Yendi National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Coordinator has also complained of the absence of roofing and other building materials to help the organization to quickly rehabilitate the destroyed structures.

He said some of the schools destroyed by the storm last Friday included Abatey JHS, SDA JHS, part of SDA KG, Balogu Primary and Balogu JHS among others.

In another development, Madam Abu Safura, a housewife, lost her life on Sunday after she was electrocuted by an electrical cable which had fallen on the drying line in her house.

The brother of the deceased, Afa Abukari Rufai Polo said his late sister finished bathing and when she came out of the bathroom she unknowingly raised the drying line to make her way to her room. She was instantly electrocuted.

Afa said the body has since being buried in Yendi.