The Irish golf fan who was left "battered and bruised" after a lightning strike hit him during a PGA Tour event in the US said he only realised what had happened to him after paramedics strapped him into a spinal board.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it is aware of the case and is providing consular assistance.

A passenger who was on board a flight which landed in Cork Airport amid a lightning storm said it was "the most traumatic" flight she has ever experienced.

Kya deLongchamps is electrified by the past and present of the Lichtenberg figure.

The faults mainly affected parts of the west, midlands and south-east.

Many people were rumbled from their sleep last night as thunder and lightning hit the southern areas of the country.

Fifty-six people have been killed by lightning in the eastern Indian state of Bihar over the past 24 hours.

A man and two young children were left badly injured after being struck by lightning in the North.

And lots of photos and video taken.

51 people have been injured in lightning strikes at a festival in Germany.

This will make you jump.

The footage was recorded at a whopping 2000 frames per second.

The lightning struck the ground at the Institute of Technology in Blanchardstown.