Nine cows on a farm in Ireland were killed after they were struck by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm on Sunday.
The incident happened Sunday afternoon as heavy thunderstorms bore through Dunlicky, County Clare, located on the west coast of Ireland.
The country’s weather service had issued a weather alert for large parts of Ireland as thunderstorms brought the threat of torrential downpours, hail, and flash flooding.
Lightning, known as a “bolt from the blue,” can also strike from as far away as 25 miles away from a thunderstorm cloud, even when there appear to be clear skies, according to the NSSL.
“They can be especially dangerous because they appear to come from clear blue sky,” the agency states.
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