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Woman struck by lightning in front of her children can now sense when storms are coming

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Published 15:58 11 Jun 2023 GMT+1

Woman struck by lightning in front of her children can now sense when storms are coming

Kimberley Krone was hit by lightning in her kitchen and miraculously survived to tell the tale

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

A mum who miraculously survived getting hit by lightning said that she could still sense when a storm was coming after the incident.

It’s like something out of a superhero origin story, but instead of this strange happening transforming the woman into someone with unusual powers, instead it changed her life forever, and not for the better.

What’s more, the feeling she would get when she knew a storm was coming was not a nice one.

It must have been pretty traumatic, to say the least.

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Kimberly Krone was in her home in Forney, Texas, back in 2009, just sorting out the kitchen after breakfast.

Kimberley Krone was hit in her kitchen.
YouTube/The Weather Channel

As she was handling a large pan, she heard two huge sounds, which took place during a storm that saw 1,200 lightning strikes hit the area in just five minutes.

The mum-of-six was standing right in front of her children - aged between six months and nine years old - when a bolt of lightning came straight through a light in her kitchen roof, striking the pan in her hand and then getting her straight in the chest.

Somehow, she survived.

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After the incident, she said: “I picked it up like this and I moved it over, and before I could even get it to this hand, the lightning came through the recessed light.

“I can remember the pain, I can remember the burning smell - I felt on fire, and all I could think of was I wish it would hurry up and end.”

Her son Tristan sprang into action, calling 911 to get help.

The distressed youngster told the responder that ‘lightning came through the ceiling’ and that his mother was ‘hurting real bad’.

Kimberley was still traumatised years afterwards.
YouTube/The Weather Channel

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There’s a recording of the call in which the clearly distraught boy begs for his mum not to die.

All in all, a horrific experience for everyone.

As this was happening, another bolt hit the house, causing the home computer to explode.

16 minutes later, the ambulance arrived, taking Kimberley to hospital where she spent three days.

She had seizures and her entire central nervous system shut down, but ultimately made a recovery.

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Years later, she opened up on the lasting effects that she experienced from the strike.

Speaking to ABC News, she said: “I still hurt.

“My chest will get real tight when the storm's coming, especially the closer it gets.

“As far as a lightning strike, you're always going to be scared.

“You're always going to be nervous.”

Featured Image Credit: Youtube/The Weather Channel/Alexandre Bringer/Pexels

Topics: US News, Weather, Weird, Health

Tom Wood
Tom Wood

Tom Wood is a LADbible journalist and Twin Peaks enthusiast. Despite having a career in football cut short by a chronic lack of talent, he managed to obtain degrees from both the University of London and Salford. According to his French teacher, at the weekend he mostly likes to play football and go to the park with his brother. Contact Tom on [email protected]

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