WATCH: Reporter nearly gets struck by lightning while covering storm

By Mike Brest

Published August 30, 2019 4:11pm ET

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WATCH: Reporter nearly gets struck by lightning while covering storm — Fox 10 reporter Matt Rodewell is almost struck by lightning. | (Screengrab: Fox 10/Youtube)

A reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, was nearly struck by lightning while preparing for a live report Wednesday night.

Matt Rodewald of Fox 10 was covering the monsoon that brought rain, blowing dust and lightning, outside when a bolt of lightning struck in the distance behind him and he jumped out of the way. His camera caught it on tape. He tweeted the video with the caption, “Lightning crashes,” on Thursday.

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