{"id":78441,"date":"2023-09-19T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=78441"},"modified":"2023-09-19T19:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:45:22","slug":"man-and-woman-are-struck-by-lightning-and-killed-on-a-mexico-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/man-and-woman-are-struck-by-lightning-and-killed-on-a-mexico-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Man and woman are struck by lightning and killed on a Mexico beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>PICTURED: Woman, 23, who was filmed being killed by LIGHTNING on Mexican beach during huge thunderstorm in tragedy that also killed hammock seller<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Two people were struck by lightning and killed on a beach in Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico on Friday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Video footage showed a woman walking away from the water when she was hit by a bolt of lighting moments before the man was also struck\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The female was pronounced dead on the scene and the man was rushed to a hospital, where he died<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A hammock seller and a female vacationer were killed after they were struck by lightning on a beach in the western Mexican state of Michoac\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>The man and woman could be seen in a video walking on the sands of Maruata Beach when the bolt struck them Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Aquila municipal authorities said that the woman, Elvia de Jes\u00fas, 33, was trying to following her 34-year-old husband, Roberto de Jes\u00fas, after the couple walked out of the water.<\/p>\n<p>While he managed to seek refuge under the canopy from the incoming storm, de Jes\u00fas was struck by lighting.<\/p>\n<p>The other victim, identified only as F\u00e9lix Andr\u00e9s, was walking several feet to the left of de Jes\u00fas when he was shocked within a second.<\/p>\n<p>The electric shock&#8217;s\u00a0impact sent a beach worker and other swimmers running for their safety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/17\/75604441-12536185-image-m-16_1695142423684.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A woman and a man (circled) were spotted walking on a beach in Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico when they were struck by lighting and killed Friday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/17\/75604445-12536185-image-m-18_1695142541431.jpg\" height=\"549\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A merchant (circled) is seen walking on a beach in Mexico just as lightning struck and killed a woman several feet away from him moments before he was shocked, too, and later died at a hospital<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/18\/75603565-12536185-image-a-18_1695146173770.jpg\" height=\"346\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lightning strikes a woman at beach in Mexico just seconds before a man near her was also shocked. Both individuals were confirmed dead<\/p>\n<p>De Jes\u00fas husband performed CPR and paramedics and navy officers arrived to provide additional support before pronouncing her dead.<\/p>\n<p>F\u00e9lix Andr\u00e9s was rushed to a local hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aquila Mayor Jos\u00e9 Valencia revealed that de Jes\u00fas was a resident from the central state of Guanajuato.\u00a0He also said F\u00e9lix Andr\u00e9s, who sold hammocks on the beach, resided in the\u00a0nearby state of Guerrero.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at least 40 million lightning strikes hit the ground in the United States each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the chances of being struck by lightning each year are less than one in a million, close to 90 percent of the victims do survive.<\/p>\n<p>The chances of a person being struck multiple times is way less, with it happening seven times in a lifetime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>National Weather Service data shows that in 2023, 11 people have been killed by lightning strikes in the United States, including two people in separate boating and swimming incidents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In comparison, 19 people died after the were struck last year, a increase from 11 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/17\/75603559-12536185-image-m-13_1695141955295.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Beachgoers seek cover at a beach in Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico on Monday after two people were struck by lightning. One of the victims was declared dead on the scene and the other died at an area hospital<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/17\/75603549-12536185-image-m-21_1695142710991.jpg\" height=\"527\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Two people were struck and killed by lightning at a beach in Aquila, a town off the Pacific coast in the Mexican state of Michoac\u00e1n on Monday<\/p>\n<p>The federal weather agency says there are five ways in which lighting can strike people.<\/p>\n<p>A direct strike is happens in open areas. While it&#8217;s not considered the most common, it can be the deadliest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In most direct strikes, a portion of the current moves along and just over the skin surface (called flashover) and a portion of the current moves through the body&#8211;usually through the cardiovascular and\/or nervous systems,&#8217; the\u00a0National Weather Service explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A person can also received a jolt from a lighting bolt from a side flash. Lightning tends to strike an object that is taller than a victim &#8211; for example a tree &#8211; and parts of the current is transmitted from the object to the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12536185\/Two-people-killed-struck-bolt-lightning-Mexico-beach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PICTURED: Woman, 23, who was filmed being killed by LIGHTNING on Mexican beach during huge thunderstorm in tragedy that also killed hammock seller Two people were struck by lightning and killed on a beach in Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico on Friday\u00a0 Video footage showed a woman walking away from the water when she was hit by a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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