Police officer, three others die in Kalangala Storm

Four people including a Police Officer were confirmed dead, and other fifteen sustained severe injuries in an early Saturday morning storm that wreaked havoc in Kalangala town council, on Bugala Island in Kalangala district.

Residents that witnessed the storm said they saw a cyclone, which destroyed about  300 houses that included the structures of the Kalangala Central Police Station, officers’ uniports, electricity poles.

Paul Ssebuuza, a resident of Kalangala town council, who lost his house to the storm, says the devastated area had a few isolated trees that could not control the strong wind.

Henry Lubulwa, the Assistant Resident District Commissioner for Kalangala says that they are afraid that similar eventualities may befall the area if they do not take drastic measures to safeguard the natural barriers.

This is the fourth time the area has faced the same challenge though the last three were not so strong.

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