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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Julia Musto

Heat waves bring dangerous and deadly lightning strikes. Here’s how to avoid getting struck

Amid the nation’s first heat wave of the summer season, lightning killed one honeymooner enjoying the beach in Florida and injured 20 others cooling off on a South Carolina lake.

More than 30 people have been injured by such strikes during the course of the past two weeks, according to AccuWeather. Some 20 people are killed by lightning each year in the U.S., and hundreds more are injured.

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