Severe storms , dust clouds , and volcanic eruptions can generate lightning . Apart from the damage typically associated with storms , such as winds , hail , and flooding , the lightning itself can damage buildings , ignite fires and kill by direct contact . Especially deadly lightning incidents include a 2007 strike in Ushari Dara , a remote mountain village in northwestern Pakistan , that killed 30 people , the crash of LANSA Flight 508 which killed 91 people , and a fuel explosion in Dronka , Egypt caused by lightning in 1994 which killed 469 . Most lightning deaths occur in the poor countries of America and Asia , where lightning is common and adobe mud brick housing provides little protection
LANSA Flight 508
LANSA Flight 508
Natural disaster