A climate expert weighing in on lightning strikes in KwaZulu-Natal, which have claimed 26 lives in recent months, says lightning conductors are essential to prevent deaths in rural communities. | kaveels
A climate expert weighing in on lightning strikes in KwaZulu-Natal, which have claimed 26 lives in recent months, says lightning conductors are essential to prevent deaths in rural communities.
"The reported 26 deaths that occurred in KZN during the summer of 2021/22 is a tragic statistic that should remind us what a dangerous phenomena thunderstorms are," says Professor Francois Engelbrecht, a distinguished Professor of Climatology and the Director of the Global Change Institute at Wits University.
Engelbrecht, who is also a lead author of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report, said the tragedy of lightning related deaths was indicative of how vulnerable people that live in informal housing are, subject to extreme weather events, whether in rural areas or in the cities.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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