US EditionJohn Wheeler: Lightning deaths in US are in decline
- WDAY Chief Meteorologist John Wheeler in Fargo addressed public lightning safety.
- Heightened awareness and education significantly reduce US lightning fatalities.
- Most lightning deaths happen from strikes before or after a storm peaks.
- Wheeler stresses the critical rule: "If you see lightning or hear thunder, go inside."
- US lightning deaths fell dramatically from hundreds to under 30 yearly.
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John Wheeler: Lightning deaths in US are in decline
FARGO — Lightning deaths have been in decline in the United States for decades. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports lightning deaths of more than 400 per year in the 1940s and 1950s but fewer than 30 per year over the past two decades. This decline is not because there have been fewer thunderstorms. Neither is it because of Doppler radar and better storm warnings. Severe thunderstorm warnings are not even issued for heavy…
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