Daphne, AL (AHN)-Concerned about the safety of her family during a stormy Memorial Day trip to the beach, Clara Jean Brown stood in her kitchen and prayed for their safe return as a strong thunderstorm ripped through Baldwin County, Alabama. After saying 'Amen,' the room was engulfed in a huge ball of fire, and the 65-year-old Brown says she is blessed to be alive.

A woman's heart stopped beating after being struck by lightning while carrying her son Saturday. Neighbors preformed CPR to revive Terri Hoag, 34. She and her 2-year-old son are recovering in Florida Hospital Fish Memorial.

A lightning strike killed 68 dairy cows waiting to be milked on an Australian farm. The farmer, Warwick Marks, 57, said the lightning strike killed half his herd of 150 Jersey cows at his dairy farm outside Dorrigo in northern New South Wales state.

A postal worker is struck by lightning Monday while delivering mail close to a tree. At the time, skies are clear, without a drop of rain. Neighbors and witnesses say they heard lightning strike a tree near a mailbox as the postal worker opened it.