A bolt of lightning can heat up to 50,000 °F in less than a second, helping to produce a sound we know as thunder. The temperature is around five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

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Four women were on vacation in Florida when a dangerous storm rolled in on Saturday, June 21. After they sought shelter under a hut, it was struck by lightning. They all survived and decided to ...

A group of women from Kentucky, who survived a lightning strike while vacationing in Florida, have marked their shared experience with matching lightning bolt tattoos.

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Women speak out after close call with lightning strike A group of four women on a girls trip from Kentucky say they were all knocked unconscious after a bolt of lightning hit the tiki hut they ...

A group of women who survived a lightning strike have honored their shared experience with matching tattoos.

“We’re here getting lightning bolt tattoos, matching tattoos, to remember our girls’ trip and just thank God that we’re here to do it,” Danielle Sturgill said.