A video of lightning striking hundreds of feet away from a family and causing a tree to catch fire in the United States is going viral.
ViralHog posted the video on the microblogging social media platform Twitter.
Lightning is so cool! 😲🌩🎥#viralhog #lightning #news #weather pic.twitter.com/atSF5syZIv
— ViralHog (@ViralHog) July 5, 2022
The screams of the people, who were watching the moment unfolding in Massachusetts state, can be heard in the clip.
The person, who recorded the moment, told ViralHog that he and his family were witnessing the moment that happened 500 feet away from them. He never expected the lightning strike to take place.
Related – Viral: Tree burns from inside after lightning strike
Earlier, a man in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta got struck by lightning and its horrific video went viral.
THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED
Security officer in Jakarta was struck by lightning while on duty, avoid using radio and cellular telephones when it is raining, the condition of the victim survived after 4 days of treatment. not everyone has the same chance to live. 当選確率 #Bitcoin #NFTs $BTC $ETH #ALERT pic.twitter.com/4XhW6Oh3U9
— ritz (@heritzal) December 26, 2021
The man was seen walking on the street with an umbrella in his hand in the 39-second video.
He got struck by a bolt of lightning and falls to the ground. The passers-by come to his aid and took him to safety.
Lexico defines lightning as, “The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.”
