<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three people were struck by </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/lightning" rel="" target="" title="lightning"><span>lightning</span></a><span> in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="" title="Perth"><span>Perth</span></a><span> on the same day, in a extremely rare situation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The last time a single person was hit was back in 2022 but two teenagers along with a grandfather and his dog were the victims of the latest </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/weather-news" rel="" target="" title="summer storm"><span>summer storm</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/wild-weather" rel="" target="" title="wild weather"><span>wild weather</span></a><span> also sparked a house fire and traffic chaos across the suburbs.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/twentymillionyearold-whale-fossil-excavated-from-victorian-beach-after-familys-rare-find/1c010c06-47b4-43fc-b14f-69b62aefd46a"><strong><span>Aussie beach dug up after family's incredible discovery</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Year 11 student Georgia told 9News of the moment she and a friend were struck by lightning while playing on courts at Eastern Hills Senior High School in Mt Helena.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lightning struck a metal post and then Georgia and her friend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I got struck - it hit my head, I felt shivers down my spine but on the inside and I found out it was my spine vibrating," she told 9News.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-western-australia-lightning-strikes-hit-three-people/e789690a-4a15-4ab4-af88-3f82a815366f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was just standing around the tennis court talking to my friends about the school ball and then everyone's hair just started sticking up."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were both rushed to hospital and later discharged. While Georgia's back is sore, she's not expected to have any permanent injuries from the strike.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Just an hour and a half earlier, Michael Day and his dog were also struck while walking through a park in Hamersley, in Perth's north-west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbours heard the 78-year-old yell out before rushing to find the grandfather injured and his dog Messi dead beside him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's really true what they say, dogs really are man's best friend because we believe that Messi saved my dad," Day's daughter Karyn Avalos told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Part of the retiree's clothes were ripped off, his umbrella, keys and phone all fried.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Dad's got burns to his abdomen and thighs," Avalos said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The neighbours, I don't even know their names but I know where they live and who called the ambulance."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The grandfather remained in Royal Perth Hospital in a stable condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics from St John WA specialist operations said it was unlike anything they'd seen before.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is an incredibly unfortunate and unlikely event," Deane Coxall said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I would be surprised if we never saw it again."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Across Perth there were 10,000 lightning strikes recorded, with the summer storms also wreaking havoc across transportation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trains on the Mandurah line were cancelled between Elizabeth Quay and Aubin Grove this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Eight flights were delayed at Perth Airport.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Nollamara, a home caught fire after a metre box was struck by lightning on Ravenswood Drive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The smell of burning was so extent that I was in my bedroom and I could smell it," resident Dorothy Rainbow said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>