A woman has died after being hit by debris from a tree struck by lightning.
A second woman in her 40s was taken to hospital in serious condition after the strike in southwest Sydney on the stormy Saturday afternoon.
Paramedics and a medical team rushed to the address in Cawdor about 5.30pm. NSW Ambulance confirmed one woman was fatally injured by shrapnel from the tree and a second taken to Liverpool Hospital with injuries to her hands and face.
The injured woman was taken to hospital in a serious condition, accompanied by a medical team on the ambulance.
