Assertion: lightning | /r/Causes | severe damage
Facets:
value: to transformers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to other electrical or electronic devices
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: If protection fails or is absent, lightning that strikes the electrical system introduces thousands of kilovolts that may damage the transmission lines, and can also cause severe damage to transformers and other electrical or electronic devices.