Watch: Palm Tree Catches Fire After Lightning Strikes During Monsoon

This year, people of many areas have to face issues ranging from potholed streets to flooded roads as the monsoon season drenches. But beyond these typical irritations, one social media user highlighted a pretty frightening aspect of the rainy season. An Instagram user Sally Nolan posted a jaw-dropping video showing how a palm tree got struck by lightening amidst heavy rain. The clip has since gone viral, leaving people in shock and awe.

At the very start of the video, Nolan is recording the rainstorm from the comfort of her room. She does seem to be enjoying the scene with the rain pouring down on a calm and serene evening. Seconds later, a very powerful lightning strikes the palm right in front of her window, which results in flames shooting right through it into her window to create a mesmerizing yet frightening scene. Backing away from the window, Nolan was in clear shock at what she had just witnessed.

Earlier, Nolan wrote on her Instagram post, ‘All about the timing I wasn’t expecting this. Quietly filming the storm from my bedroom window.’ That reminds one that nature can be very unpredictable and unforgiving.

 

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People’s Reactions on this monsoon incident 

In the past few days alone, this video has reached viewings of over 16 million hits and is getting more viral by the minute. Hundreds of people like the post and comment to relate to the incident by sharing their own experience with the exact kind of situation with lightning and similar weather conditions.

One user recalled, ‘This happened to a palm tree in my front yard, too; it turned into a long stick with just a charred tip.’ Another user, Tanja Jutanda, meditated on the power of nature: ‘Thinking about how the sky can shoot out a fire that can kill you is mind-blowing. What is life.

Another commenter, Molivia, shared her own very frightening experience with lightning. She wrote, ‘I once saw lightning that struck a tree outside my apartment. It startled me so much that my neighbor’s ceiling fan fell. Thunder is the sound of lightning, and when it is that close, it is deafening.’

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