A Saudi man steps away from a lightning bolt in Medina on January 28, 2014

Written By عمر الدجاني on 2014/02/25

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Lightning and lightning are considered one of the most dangerous weather phenomena, as statistics indicate that lightning kills 24,000 people annually around the world, while 250,000 people get burns.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Thunderstorms are common in the atmosphere of Saudi Arabia, and most of the precipitation is accompanied by thunderstorm activity, and this is what happened in Medina on January 28, 2014, when Medina witnessed large amounts of rain, totaling 35 millimeters, and this was accompanied by With the flash of lightning and the sound of thunder in the middle of the day.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And the photographer of the above clip was only filming the weather with his mobile device, so the surprise came at 40 seconds, when lightning struck the ground near him completely, but he and his friend survived the accident.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And as soon as the lightning struck, the car alarms went off as a result of the force of the sound of thunder.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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