THAT FELT LIKE IT MADE HER HEART STOP. A LIGHTNING STRIKES. OH, MY GOD. AND THE TOWERING PINE TREE CRACKS FALLING TO THE GROUND. KAYLA MACDONALD CAPTURES IT ALL ON HER CAMERA FROM HER BASEMENT DOOR IN ...

While lightning is a fascinating phenomenon, it's also infamous in its capacity for destruction and the danger it poses to life. Each year, lightning claims hundreds of millions of trees worldwide, ...

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