A woman and her dogs were apparently struck by lightning on Wednesday. in Pico Rivera as thunderstorms According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
woman walking dogs just until 9 am on a path by the riverbed at Mines and Rimbank Avenues in in community about 15 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
Details on the identity of the victim were not immediately available. available. Member of coroner office was on in way to location. Confirmation regarding cause of death from the coroner not immediately available.
According to NWS Storm Data, there are an average of 43 lightning deaths per day in the US. year over in last 30 years. This number was 27 from 2009 to 2019.
Around 10 percent of people According to the NWS, those struck by lightning die.
Chances of lightning strike in the year is 1/1,222,000. Chances of be amazed in your life is 1/15,300.
thunderstorms, caused some monsoon moisture that penetrated our area night, bring scattered torrential rains and dry lightning with them. cloudy weather is also accompanied heat a wave that will stay until the end of a week.
Although lightning strikes are rare in Southern California, they often took place at night. with over 3700 lightning strikes registered in in region.
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