*An unfortunate incident at a Mexican beach happened where two people were struck and killed by a terrifying lightning strike that was captured on video.
According to TMZ, the incident took place on Michoacán’s Pacific coast Monday, during extreme weather conditions. In the video, someone is seen packing up an umbrella, just before being struck by lightning.
The lightning bolt travels along the sand to the other person – causing both to collapse. People nearby are heard screaming.
The victims were a man and a woman, who was a tourist. The woman died at the scene, according to Spanish outlet MARCA. After receiving treatment at the hospital, the man, a local vendor, died.
The odds of being hit by a terrifying lightning strike are about 1 in 15,300, according to TMZ.
In case you were wondering, a lightning strike is a lightning event in which an electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the ground, called cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning.
A less common type of strike, ground-to-cloud (GC) lightning, is upward-propagating lightning initiated from a tall grounded object and reaching into the clouds. About 25% of all lightning events worldwide are strikes between the atmosphere and earth-bound objects. Most are intracloud (IC) lightning and cloud-to-cloud (CC), where discharges only occur high in the atmosphere.
Lightning strikes the average commercial aircraft at least once a year, but modern engineering and design means this is rarely a problem. The movement of aircraft through clouds can even cause lightning strikes.
On a global scale, the average number of people struck by lightning is 2,000 per year, with 10% of those struck dying and 90% suffering long-term effects like seizures and memory loss, per TMZ.
READ MORE: Donald Trump Jr. Suggests Destruction of George Floyd Mural by Lightning is ‘Sign from God’
We Publish News 24/7. Don’t Miss A Story. Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to Our Newsletter Now!
