Three people, including a couple, have been killed in Homa Bay during a rainfall which pounded the county on Sunday night.

In the first incident, a 34-year-old man and his wife were killed by lightning while their two daughters escaped at Aluor Village, Lambwe East location in Suba North constituency.

According to the Chief of Lambwe East Location Benard Ouma, the couple was watching TV when the lightning struck, killing them instantly.

Ouma said the lightning also broke electric cables from a solar panel on the roof of their house.

The couple’s two daughters aged six and four years escaped the tragedy and were found in the morning sleeping on the chairs.

The administrator said that the lightning also killed a bull and removed its tongue in the same homestead.

In the other, a 38-year-old man identified as Fred Otieno was killed by flood water after the heavy rainfall near Kodero Beach in Rachuonyo North Sub-county.

The chairman of Beach Management Units in West Karachuonyo ward Samuel Osendo said Otieno was climbing a hill when he met the ordeal.

Families displaced

At the same time, over eight families have been displaced by floods at Tausi Beach in Karachuonyo constituency.

The families were forced to quit their homes and seek refuge at their relatives’ homes on higher grounds, as some also lost their household items which were swept away to Lake Victoria.

Additionally, strong winds blew off two classrooms, an office and a teacher’s house at Kibaga Primary School within the same ward.

The school’s headteacher Stephen Obel said learning materials, including books and laptops, were also damaged in the incident.

He has appealed to the area leaders and other well-wishers to come to their aid.