A 17-year-old Australian, Bloom Kermode, experienced a terrifying lightning strike that hit her home in Yandina Bli Bli, Queensland, during a thunderstorm. While scrolling through TikTok, she described the event as a loud bang followed by everything going white and her body shaking. The current from the lightning caused her arm to go numb. She managed to escape with her dog as her room caught fire, leading to severe damage. Kermode was taken to the hospital with neck pain but was stable. Another woman nearby also suffered minor burns from a separate strike.
"There was this big bang and everything went white and my whole body started shaking - everything was exploding," Kermode told 10 News.
"Because I had my phone in my hands, the electric current went into me and my whole arm went numb, and it felt almost like I was having a seizure."
"Everything was on fire, so I was like, 'I need to get out of here,' so I grabbed my dog, and I was out, and I left."
"The roof caved in, and my blanket was on fire, the side of my bed was on fire, and all the ports had come out and exploded."
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