Lightning Strike (cont.)
Medical Author:
Timothy Price, MD
Coauthor:
Sandra Wendel
Medical Editor:
Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Richard Harrigan, MD
IN THIS ARTICLESynonyms and Keywordslightning, thunderstorm, struck by lightning, direct strike, contact strike, side splash, ground strike, upward streamer, lightning strike |
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Over the last century, records for environmental injuries and mortality indicate that lightning has consistently been one of the top 3 environment-related causes of death and the second most common storm-related cause of death, exceeded only by flash floods.
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