But while she was recording a video of the lightning, she was struck, and blue-lighted to hospitalCredit: Jam Press So when a storm took place, she immediately rushed outside to get a better view.

Such beliefs, the agency worries, could produce a lack of urgency about the need to seek safe shelter during a storm before threats of lightning intensify.

The sound of thunder would likely be the first sign of this storm, followed within five to 30 minutes by heavy rain, large hail, visible lightning ... staff as patches of blue sky started ...

The storm has passed, Seattle. Lightning strikes damaged a few houses and structures across the region and the power went out for thousands of customers, but the worst is behind us. After Western ...