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More than a dozen cows were killed in a lightning strike in Kentucky.

The lightning strike occurred at a farm in Jeffersonville on Friday night as storms shook homes as they rolled through the area.

The cattle owner's wife, who did not want to be identified, says that 14 cows fell victim to the strike, with most of them being found dead the next morning around a tree trunk.

Gary Hamilton, with Agriculture and Natural Resources, said cattle tend to group together in shady areas during hot weather.


"[They] group underneath shade, which is under trees," Hamilton said. "Once the lightning strikes the tree at the top, it'll come down the trunk and out through the roots. And if the cattle are close, they're goners."

According to the cattle owner's wife, the family has lost close to $40,000 with the loss of the cows.

And preventing livestock from getting struck by lightning is not an easy feat.

"It could strike a building that they're in and probably be worse than out underneath a tree somewhere on the farm. It's just being at the right place at the wrong time," Hamilton said.