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Four people were hospitalized after being struck by lightning at Sydney's Botanic Garden on Monday as severe thunderstorms battered Australia's southeastern coast.
Rescue officials reported that during a violent electrical storm near the Sydney Opera House on Monday, a lightning bolt struck and incapacitated four.