@middelburgobserver WATCH: Lightning strikes! Authorities are urging residents to avoid standing under trees after recent thunderstorms in Middelburg and surrounding areas left families in shock. One man was killed in Belfast, another in Hendrina, while a third victim was left critically injured after lightning strikes. Read more: https://www.citizen.co.za/middelburg-observer/news/2026/02/01/three-struck-by-lightning-two-dead-one-critical/ #MiddelburgObserver #Middelburg#mpumalangaweather #lightningstrike #stormsafety #Hendrina #belfast#breakingnews #caxtonlocalnews #Mpumalanga ♬ original sound - MiddelburgObserver