A woman has died and another remains in a serious condition after a lightning strike hit a tree south of Sydney.
A woman died when a tree she was near exploded after being struck by lightning south of Sydney.
Emergency services were called to a home on Old Razorback Road in Cawdor following reports two people were hit by fragments of a tree.A second woman, also aged in her 40s, was treated by paramedics and taken to Liverpool Hospital, where she remains in a serious but stable condition."The women were sat 6 metres from a large tree, and this has been struck by a lightning bolt, which literally caused the tree to explode, sending debris all over the place," he said.
"A very traumatic and tragic incident for the family involved but also very confronting for emergency services."Photo shows Armed and masked men hold three frail looking male captives as people take photos of them on stagePhoto shows A blurry image of people queueing to enter a Centrelink office to apply for unemployment benefits.
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