"lightening strike" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a lightning bolt. For example, "We were all very scared when the lightening strike hit the top of the tallest tree in our backyard."
There are various reasons, which can lead to a DC fault such as lightening strike in case of overhead lines, ship anchors for undersea cables, electrical stress, cable aging, physical damage, environmental stress etc.
"It's like a lightening strike in a field," says Susan.
His mujahideen showed their verve last Sunday by capturing the small town of Diabaly, north of Mopti, with a lightening strike that originated over the border in Mauritania.
It's about time they let that lightening strike.
It describes an example where a lightening strike caused a small fire on a catalytic cracker, the flow to a fractionation column was lost and the takeoff valve on the bottom of the column closed automatically to maintain a level in the column.
[T.Q Lee]....Witnessed a triple lightening strike during the crazy summer storms.
"It's a constant search for that moment when lightening strikes," he said.
But in the past few weeks we've been lashed by hail, dust storms, lightening strikes and flash flooding – with more to come.
The station measures rain, wind speed, lightening strikes, UV levels and more.
Then the lights went out! On July 13th, a Wednesday I will never forget, lightening struck a bunch of power lines, and the city was in the dark for what seemed like the entire summer; but it was actually just a couple of days.
This is especially true of Mt. Whitney, where hikers have died from lightening strikes on the summit.
