By Staff Reporter| A horrific lightning hit Mvuma areas last night – residents were without power into the night. .

The outage caused a major traffic and social scare .

Local officials told ZimEye.com the likely cause was the lightning strike from storms that moved through the area early Saturday evening. The development led to superstitious sentiments being sounded by some. While lightning is often associated with bad omen, it also associated with good fortunes for people. “Zvine zvazvinoreva chete tichainzwa chete nyaya yacho” said one elderly mbuya only identified as “Mbuya Mlambo”. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: