An unpleasant incident happened in the village of Tobi in Pader district during a funeral which left six people killed and 11 others seriously injured.
The accident happened during a lightning storm conducted by heavy rains in the village of Tobi in Pader district, local police spokesman Patrick Okema told DPA.
Local police spokesman Patrick Okema told Deutsche Presse Agentur that people who were injured had been admitted to hospital and some were in a serious condition.
Police Commander Tom Bainomugisha told Xinhua via telephone that the lightning struck during morning downpour and a group of people had mustered under a large tree.
Bainomugisha said: “The group had spent the night in prayers for a bereaved person when the incident happened.”
The lighting is common in the region. Earlier this year, the weather department of Uganda said that this year’s rainy season was highest in recent years.
In a research paper published on 8 November in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science, Amirhossein Mostajabi – the Ph.D. student who came up with the technique explained: “Current systems are slow and very complex, and they require expensive external data acquired by radar or satellite.”
Mostajab added: “Our method uses data that can be obtained from any weather station.
“That means we can cover remote regions that are out of radar and satellite range and where communication networks are unavailable.”
According to LadBible, ”The researchers are now planning to use their technology in the European Laser Lightning Rod Project, which aims to develop systems to protect areas against lightning strikes.”
”Launched in 2017, the project involves a multi-terawatt short laser that pulses into the atmosphere during a storm, in turn triggering lightning and guiding it towards a specific place – away from vulnerable areas.”
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