Stormy Florida Still ‘Lightning Capital’
<i> Associated Press</i>
MIAMI —
The lightning capital of the United States is Florida, where a record number of people have been killed or injured by lightning this year, weather officials said.
Through September, 108 people had been struck by lightning in Florida, of whom 15 died, the National Weather Service reported Monday. Florida’s previous record, 82 strikes, was set in 1975.
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