Florida's lightning season begins with a gruesome discovery on a river

Search crews spent hours recovering a teen's body as storms threatened, highlighting how lightning puts Florida boaters and ...
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Florida is No. 1 for amount of lightning. Here's how to stay safe from 'underrated killer'

Lightning kills about 20 people in the United States each year and hundreds more are severely injured, according to the National Weather Service. A person out for a meal on Navarre Beach on June 23 ...
Orlando Sentinel

Lightning risk is about to ramp up in Florida. Here’s how to stay safe.

The start of rainy season means it’s about to get more stormy in Florida, and that means more lightning. A lot more. Florida consistently leads the nation in lightning strike density, as in strikes ...
New York Post

States where you’re most likely to be killed by lightning revealed — and one leads the way with 97 fatalities

Last week, the United States recorded its first lightning fatality of the year, and as seasonal summer storms loom on the horizon, experts say death by bolt is highly likely in this Southern state.