Four adults struck by lightning at Arizona elementary school
No children were injured in the lightning strike.
Four adults injured at elementary school drop-off in lightning strike in Arizona
El Niño is fueling a cross-country storm system, with deep tropical Pacific moisture increasing the potential for severe storms across the Southeast. On Friday, thunderstorms moved through the Phoenix area, where lightning injured four adults at an elementary school bus drop-off in El Mirage, Arizona.
THE TAKEWAY
- Four adults were struck by lightning on Oct. 30 at El Mirage Elementary School.
- The victims were at a school bus drop off when the lightning strike happened.
- All four adults were conscious and transported to a hospital, police said.
EL MIRAGE, Ariz. – Four people were struck by lightning Friday morning at an elementary school in El Mirage, Arizona.
Just after 8:30 a.m., El Mirage police responded to a reported lightning strike at a school bus drop-off area at El Mirage Elementary School, just outside Phoenix.
Radar imagery shows storms bringing rain and lightning to El Mirage around 8:30 a.m. Friday.
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First responders found four adults that were struck by lightning, the El Mirage Police Department said.
LIGHTNING STRIKE INJURES 16 AT OHIO PRISON
All four adults were conscious and transported to a local hospital.
Lightning strikes as monsoonal weather brings nourishing rains to the desert, as seen from Point Imperial on August 20, 2024 at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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No children were injured, according to FOX 10 KSAZ.