WeatherFanatics: One Dead After Lightning Strike at Los Angeles Beach

Sunday, July 27, 2014

One Dead After Lightning Strike at Los Angeles Beach

By Kevin Byrne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

July 27,2014; 9:30PM,EDT

One person is dead, and another remains critically injured after a lightning strike at Venice Beach, Sunday afternoon according to a report from ABC7 in Los Angeles.
In total, 14 people were struck as a pop-up thunderstorm moved swiftly through the region. One of the victims was hit by lightning on a golf course on Catalina Island.
Witnesses told the Los Angels Times, that the storm seemed to "come out of nowhere" and lasted about "15 minutes."
Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main told the AP that the incident occurred shortly before 2:20 p.m. local time. Main said four were treated at the scene and the rest were hospitalized.
The 14th victim, who was struck on a golf course on the Catalina Island, was also hospitalized and is in stable condition.

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AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Erik Pindrock said thunderstorms were reported in Santa Monica, just to the north of Venice Beach between 2:30 and 3 p.m. PDT.
Pindrock said the chance of isolated storms will remain for tomorrow for the Los Angeles Basin.
"Tomorrow will feature areas of low clouds in the morning giving way to some sunshine during the day," Pindrock said. "There is a slight chance for an isolated shower or storm, but the best chance will be over the mountains and inland deserts."
With this latest casualty, there have been 16 lightning fatalities, according to the National Weather Service .
Earlier this month, two deadly lightning strikes occurred at Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.
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