https://youtu.be/zwqzZoiFMkk This is the shocking moment lightning appears to break down into hundreds of pieces and falls from the sky like a rain of fire. The bizarre phenomenon appeared on the web in which lightning struck very close to a passer-by in the Russian city of St Petersburg on 20th…
Tall giraffes whose horns turn them into living lightning rods are facing an increasing threat as strikes are becoming more frequent due to global warming. South African conservation scientist, Ciska Scheijen, has published a paper centred on two giraffe lightning strike deaths at Rockwood Conservation, Northern Cape, that happened 29th…
Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/Diario Textual-Ariel Hoven These images show the 22 Aberdeen Angus cows which died after being hit by lightning when they gathered together near a fence during a thunderstorm. The incident took place near a village in the municipality of Quehue, in…
Story By: Amelia Guran, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/Galina Ershova This is the moment a dashboard camera proves that lightning does strike twice when it hits a car stuck in a traffic jam. The blast burned the antenna of the car, smashed the window on one of the doors, and also fused the…
Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Alex Cope, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/Michel Coya This is the moment a farmer found his 20 cows dead in the Spanish mountains after they were apparently struck by lightning. The deaths allegedly happened during a thunderstorm on the Geras Mountain in the municipality of Geras de…
