After the largest American flag was torn in half by a thunderstorm and the Washington Monument was struck by lightning, American National Guard soldiers were also taken in. According to WUSA9, a television station affiliated to CBS, two soldiers were struck by lightning in Lafayette Square near the White House in the early morning of the 5th local time. This square is the center of the "Justice for Freud" parade held in recent days, and these two soldiers were recently deployed to the vicinity for duty.

After being struck by lightning, the two were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Officials from the Washington, D.C., Department of Fire and Emergency Medicine said that their lives were not in danger at present.

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The largest American flag was torn by thunderstorms: 50 States were "healthy" and stripes were torn.

On the evening of Tuesday (June 2) local time, the world's largest free-flying American flag in Wisconsin, USA, was torn in two in thunderstorm weather.

This flag is 140 feet (about 42.67 meters) long, 70 feet (about 2 1.34 meters) wide and weighs 340 pounds (about 154.22 kilograms) when dry. It is the largest free-hanging American flag in the world.

However, according to a report by Newsweek on June 3, local time, the thunderstorm on Tuesday night not only cut off about 3 1000 households in Wisconsin, but also tore the huge national flag in half. It is worth mentioning that the "star" part of this star-spangled banner has not been damaged much, but the "stripe" has been "torn" away a lot.

China Net-Near the White House, two American soldiers were struck by lightning.