Parishioners are assessing the damage to a church in Cornwall which was hit by lightning.
Nine schoolchildren are in hospital in the South African city of Johannesburg after being hit by lightning in two separate incidents, officials say.
BBC: South Africa pupils in hospital after lightning strikes
According to the National Weather Service, your chance of being hit by lightning this year is a mere 1 in 1 million.
Xinhua reported that 25 people drowned, six died in housing collapses, one man was hit by lightning and five died from electric shocks.
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As well as the problems caused by heavy rain, two houses in Botolphs Road, Worthing were hit by lightning at about 1930 BST on Wednesday.
To say the idea for "Struck By Lightning" hit me like a bolt of lightning would be an incredibly convenient way to start this piece but also the most accurate comparison I could make.
ScottishPower said its supplies were hit by 14 lightning strikes between 2000 and 2100 BST on Wednesday.
"While I was cleaning the lens from raindrops a first lightning bolt hit the dome and I could not help but watch, " he says.
Five boys aged between 16 and 18 were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after a lightning bolt hit a cricket field at their school.
BBC: South Africa pupils in hospital after lightning strikes
To our amazement, we found that we were not only hit once, but rather we were hit over 50 times by lightning!
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This leads to the actor being hit by scaffolding and then struck by lightning.
It's not exactly isolated, but it certainly towers over its surroundings, which means that lightning is more likely to hit it than any of the surrounding buildings.
Well, I am here to tell you, I have not been struck by lightning: not even hit in the back of the head with a beer bottle.
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Herschelle Gibbs hit four fours in an over and Loots Bosman hit three in the next before thunder and lightning reduced the match to 14 overs per side.
All was copacetic until the plane hit some severe unanticipated thunderstorms, with lots of lightning.
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In November 2012, the lightning rod on Highton's house took a direct hit.
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