Up-Close Footage of Lightning Striking Bay in Montenegro
September 18, 2012; 5:58 AM
Turn your computer volume down before viewing this clip. The lighting strike happens just after :20 in.
This video is of a "[h]uge thunderstorm morning in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro." YouTube user Marko Tomasevic wrote: "Few minutes before, several lightnings strikes on the other shore (every 20-30 seconds each) so I turned camera on to try to capture one...but what happened few seconds after, surprised me...I was not expecting it so close... 0:22 ...felt it on my body - like sonic boom from an airplane..."
Heavy thunderstorms were reported at the local airport (Tivat) between 5 AM and 11:30 AM local time on Sept. 13. Winds gusted to 39 mph with the storms
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