This was the case on Thursday, when two individuals had been tragically killed by lightning strikes in Cala Mesquida in Capdepera. The storm was extremely localised, nevertheless it was sturdy and produced nearly 300 lightning strikes in half an hour in addition to as much as 26 litres per sq. metre of rain.

Agustí Jansà, a meteorologist and a former delegate within the Balearics for the Aemet met company, says that these are harmful storms – extra so in open locations like fields or a seaside than in built-up areas. “When lightning strikes at a seaside, you have to get out of the water, as this acts as a conductor of electrical energy. Depart as rapidly as attainable and take refuge in a automotive with the home windows closed. Individuals standing on a seaside – a flat floor – act as lightning attractors. That’s the reason it’s so necessary to go away.”

Jansà provides that deaths comparable to these on Thursday are “uncommon, however they will occur.” It was the case that data of deaths from lightning strikes had been stored. Between 1940 and the tip of the Seventies, a median of 60 individuals died in Spain. However newer figures usually are not identified.