Lightning is a hazard to women because they are more likely out working than just sitting around somewhere.
We have had a least two women killed in Bulape due to lightning in the past. It is puzzling until you think about it. There is no large building, poles, towers, or other taller manmade objects to attract lighting. Therefore, standing women are a bigger target.
News - Central Africa: Lightning kills three women in DR Congo.
Separate lightning strikes killed three women in the same region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after torrential rains began, a local chief said on Tuesday.
A 26-year-old cook at a convent in the Tshimbulu district died in hospital after being struck by lightning on Friday, chief Laudes Nkashama told AFP. A second woman was killed at her home in Tshidimba, five kilometres from Tshimbulu, and a third perished in her fields at Kazadi 12 kilometres distant, the chief added.
Tshimbulu lies 112 kilometres (69 miles) east of Kananga, the capital of Kasai Occidental province.
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