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    Lightning strikes London's Shard skyscraper (Video)

    Mike Krumboltz
    ,
    The Sideshow•May 22, 2014

    Ash Patel was watching London's vicious storm on Thursday when he was treated to a spectacular — if frightening — weather phenomenon: several lightning strikes to the tallest building in the European Union.

    Patel told Yahoo News that he saw lightning strike the 1,000-foot-tall Shard building twice in less than a minute. After the first hit, Patel thought it wise to start recording.

    The first strike "happened about 30 seconds before this one," he told Yahoo News. "People were shocked (that a bolt of lightning) hit the same spot twice."

    Several other storm watchers captured similar shots and posted them to Twitter. Stay dry, folks.

    VIDEO: A dramatic moment: Lightning strikes the Shard during torrential downpour: http://t.co/Nttb3OCHXs pic.twitter.com/0hHEoiKJGm

    — Yahoo News (@YahooNews) May 22, 2014

    Oh yes! #lightening #Shard pic.twitter.com/0CfhyZbv0n

    — spacepatrol (@spacepatrol) May 22, 2014

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