An Edmonton woman is recovering in hospital after being struck by lightning in west Edmonton Thursday as severe thunderstorms rolled across the city.

Laura Penner says the sky rumbled and cracked as her friend was struck outside their shared home in the Callingwood South neighbourhood.

Penner said she was sitting in her living room around 4 p.m., looking out the window.

Her friend and roommate, a 21-year-old woman, had just crossed the street in front of their home, when she was surrounded by a flash and fell unconscious to the ground.

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"There was a light all around her and a big boom," Penner said in an interview with CBC News Friday.

Environment Canada says the woman's injuries are a stark reminder of the dangers lightning c

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