In pictures ... a female surfer who was struck by lightning was killed during training

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"Russia Today" channel revealed the death of 22-year-old Salvadoran surfer, Catherine Diaz Hernandez, when she was struck by lightning during her training near her home on the beach of El Tunco on the Pacific coast.

The channel said: "Hernandez was training in preparation for the qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for next summer, but lightning struck her and she died instantly."

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