Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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'It's extremely hard.'

A family is in mourning after a mother and her 2-year-old daughter were killed in a lightning strike in Margate on Sunday.

The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. along the 7900 block of Northwest 1st Street.

Margate Police said officers and fire rescue crews responded after receiving a call that two people were struck by lightning and were found lying on a sidewalk.

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