Tree Struck By Lightning. As soon as it happens, the tree's internal liquids begin to evaporate and the bark of the tree gets shattered. The electrical resistance causes the sap to be heated into steam, which can make it explode.
Unfortunately, more than half of the trees struck by lightning eventually die. Police confirmed lightning ignited the tree fire and sparked a gas leak that shut down kauri and west parkdale streets in the south waikato town on friday morning. That's why some trees violently explode when. Its hollow trunk was entirely engulfed, burning the entire tree from the inside out.
This is why you should never seek shelter under a tree during stormy weather.
The most prominent sign of lightning hit is the tearing apart of a bark and the surface peripheral split. Didn't seem real hard on the chain, but was nearly impossible to split by hand. As the video spread on twitter, other users added humorous captions to it. Lightning can strike the ground in an open field even if the tree line is close by. click here for the fox news app.
