Family narrowly AVOIDS being struck by lightening as they drank tea outside during storm

A ‘lucky’ family was almost struck by lightning outside their home in the northeastern Argentinian city of Resistencia on Wednesday night.

How it Went Down

CCTV Footage shows four adults and two children sitting at a table and indulging themselves in maté tea when a bolt of lightning landed several feet away from them.

The impact of the lightning then releases a loud thunder crack that startles the family except for an elderly woman who remains seated. 

Lightning strikes again seconds later, sending everyone running into the home while a man helps the woman out of the chair. 

A child can be heard in the background mentioning that her cell phone is on the table before lightning lands close to the home again.

One of the bolts fractured a tree in half and caused additional damage to property nearby, per local news outlet.

Lightning strikes killed 13 people in the United States in 2023.