Lightning · American Samoa

Lightning April 4, 2006 · Tutuila, American Samoa

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The wider storm

Two teenagers, a 15 year-old girl and a 14 year-old boy, were at home lowering blinds of their guest house when they were both striked by lightning. The boy survived, but his sister died from this incident.An area of showers and isolated thunderstorms move over Tutuila during the late afternoon through evening hours of this day.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5520438. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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