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| Lightning strike leaves two critically injured | Lightning strike leaves two critically injured |
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| Two people have been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by lightning on Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons. | Two people have been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by lightning on Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons. |
| The pair, one of them a man in his 50s, were flown by RAF Sea King helicopter to Prince Charles hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. | |
| A third person was taken to hospital by ambulance but did not have life-threatening injuries, the Wales ambulance service said. | |
| Emergency services including mountain rescue teams were called to the scene of the incident, which happened at about midday. | Emergency services including mountain rescue teams were called to the scene of the incident, which happened at about midday. |
| Three fire crews were also called to a fire at a house in Verwig near Cardigan after a lightning struck its roof, the Mid and West Wales fire and rescue service said. | |
| After a break in the weather following last week’s high temperatures, further rain is expected on Monday in the south-west of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The south-east may escape the showers, with the highest temperatures around 24C. |