Lightning in George County, Mississippi

A 31 year old female was struck and killed by lightning near Bexley. The woman was going to her automobile to roll up the windows during a thunderstorm. She had just rolled the windows up and was returning to her home when lightning struck a nearby tree. The strike ran through the root system of the tree and into puddles of water that she was standing barefoot in and killed her. She was taken to a local hospital where she was DOA. Around the same time and near the same place, lightning struck and killed a cow. A home also was struck with several electrical appliances damaged.