Sydney put on a wild show last night when a sudden, intense thunderstorm unleashed thousands of lightning strikes. The wild weather that tore through the city was brutal, bringing down trees and sending one man to the hospital. | 7NEWS Sydney

Why Does Lightning Strike with Such Deadly Power? 🌩️⚡ Lightning is one of nature’s most unstoppable forces — a massive electric discharge caused by opposite charges between storm clouds and the ground. ⚡ When the charge builds beyond the air’s limit, electricity explodes through the sky at over 30,000°C — five times hotter than the Sun’s surface! ☀️ When lightning hits a tree, the sap vaporizes instantly, making the trunk explode from the inside. Airplanes get struck regularly but stay safe tha