An elderly resident of Iseke village in the Zambezi Region's Katima Rural Constituency was left destitute in the early hours of Monday when her courtyard and house were struck by lightning.

Lightning struck the home after midnight, while 85-year-old Kahundu Kahale and her grandchild were sleeping inside.

Rainstorms caused extensive damage to houses in Kabbe South and North, as well as some parts of Katima Rural constituencies in the Zambezi Region, on Sunday.

The storm destroyed houses, uprooting trees and dropping water tanks from their mountings.