A large tree exploded into thousands of pieces after being zapped by a bolt of lightning.
An onlooker filmed the majestic tree dominating the landscape on a grey rainy day.
A lightning flash fills the sky and it suddenly breaks up with a thunderous bang.
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Most of the tree completely disintegrates around a nearby white building.
The lightning strike happened in the town of Augé, south east of Nantes, France on Saturday (29 Jun).
One local said: “Tree got deleted.”
Rose wrote: “The air in a lightning bolt can be 10 times hotter than the sun.”
Chris commented: “If you’re wondering what’s happening here, the lightning flash-heats the tree’s sap into steam, which blows it apart from the inside out.”
On the same day, three people were killed by a storm near the French town of Brienne le Chateau.
A tree fell on a passing car, killing three occupants in their 70s and 80s and critically injuring another.
The storm also caused severe damage in the nearby city of Troyes.
Over the weekend, torrential downpours caused the deaths of seven people in France, Italy, and Switzerland, as reported by What’s the Jam.
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