A 13-year-old woman has died after being struck by lightning in northern Greece throughout a sudden summer season rainstorm.
Officers mentioned the Greek woman had been swimming along with her dad and mom at Faros seaside, close to Poseidi in Halkidiki, a resort space southeast of Thessaloniki fashionable with Greek and international guests.
Kassandreia mayor Anastasia Halkia mentioned the household got here out of the ocean as a result of it had simply began to rain, however the climate deteriorated in a short time.
“There was lots of lightning,” she mentioned.
“It is the form of summer season storm that normally would not trigger any bother.”
Police mentioned the woman was taken to a hospital, the place she was pronounced {dead}.
Her dad and mom had been unhurt.