Lightning strikes tree in front of family as they calculate storm distance

9 News Australia published this video item, entitled “Lightning strikes tree in front of family as they calculate storm distance” – below is their description.

You don’t need any calculations to work out how close this lightning strike was…

A family had the fright of their lives as an intense swarm swept across their bushy suburb.

A flash of lightning only narrowly missed their home. #shorts

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Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground. Lightning can occur between opposite charges within the thunderstorm cloud (intra-cloud lightning) or between opposite charges in the cloud and on the ground (cloud-to-ground lightning). (Source: NSSL)

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