https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Getting hit by lightning might seem like a one in a million chance, but unfortunately the freak phenomenon causes 10 to 20 deaths each year in France. Here's some advice on how to avoid lightning strikes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180530/how-to-avoid-being-struck-by-lightning Wed, 30 May 2018 11:56:39 +0200 how-to-avoid-being-struck-by-lightning Fifteen people were injured, two of them seriously, when lightning struck a tent during a music festival in northeast France on Saturday, local officials and reports said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170903/15-injured-as-lightning-strikes-french-music-festival Sun, 03 Sep 2017 12:34:49 +0200 15-injured-as-lightning-strikes-french-music-festival Eight teenagers were injured by lightning during a thunderstorm in central-western France on Monday with one going into cardiac arrest. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170808/eight-teenagers-struck-by-lightning-in-southern-france Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:48:26 +0200 eight-teenagers-struck-by-lightning-in-southern-france At a little over seven seconds France's lasts the longest but America's is by far the biggest. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160917/france-holds-record-for-longest-lasting-lightning-bolt Sat, 17 Sep 2016 22:41:29 +0200 france-holds-record-for-longest-lasting-lightning-bolt A 14-year-old deaf French boy is in a coma after being struck by lightning at Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy on Thursday. According to reports he had not heard a warning to close his umbrella. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140620/deaf-french-boy-hit-by-lightning-in-italy Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:24:00 +0200 deaf-french-boy-hit-by-lightning-in-italy Lightning killed a second person in France in just a week on Thursday when a 47-year-old man died on a beach near Saint Tropez during a thunderstorm on the French Riviera. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130719/lightning-strikes-man-dead-on-cote-dazur-beach Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:28:00 +0200 lightning-strikes-man-dead-on-cote-dazur-beach