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- Lightning is the most dangerous and most frequent weather hazard experienced.
- Damage from lightning to home electronics usually occurs from an indirect strike to utility poles or wires nearby entering the building through power, phone and TV lines.
- Lightning strikes the earth 25 million times a year, with an estimated $5 billion in annual loss.
- Lightning is not confined to thunderstorms. it’s been seen in volcanic eruptions, intense forest fires, surface nuclear detonations, heavy snowstorms and in large hurricanes.
- Lightning is the second highest storm-related killer in the United States.
- Florida has the highest frequency of lightning in the United States with over 300,000 strikes per year.
- Global warming and climate change will increase lightning activity according to NASA
Sources: Lightning Protection Institute, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Assurant Group® Statistics; National Weather Service.
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