Two tourists were struck by lightning at the popular Horseshoe Bend national landmark in the US . The two visitors aged 22 and 23, from the Netherlands and Australia , were standing by the rim of the site located in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area just before 4pm on Monday, according to the National Park Service (NPS). Both of them ‘sustained injuries’, stated the NPS.
Park rangers cared for the patients at the scene with assistance from Classic Air Medical and the fire department of the city of Page, Arizona. Classic Air Medical helicopters airlifted the women to St George Regional Hospital in Utah. The nature of their injuries were not immediately disclosed.
Following the incident, the NPS advised visitors to ‘use caution while visiting exposed outdoor areas and be aware of changing weather conditions’. ‘If you hear thunder, you are at risk of getting struck by lightning and should immediately seek shelter in a vehicle or building,’ stated the NPS. Thunderstorms at the national recreation area are most common and severe during monsoon season which runs from mid-June to September in Arizona and July to September in Utah.
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The two tourists were injured just a few months after a Colorado rancher feeding his cattle was struck dead by lightning along with 34 of his cows. The bolt hit an open pasture area close to the town of Rand and affected 100 cows, with more than half of them getting up. The rancher’s death in May shocked the small, tight-knit community.
Recently, the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have had the highest number of lightning strikes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected].
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