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Lightning is Underrated Killer Responsible for 47 Deaths Per Year
September 07, 2018
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 7 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release:

An underrated killer, hotter than the surface of the sun.

That's how the National Weather Service (NWS) describes lightning, which, over the past 30 years, has been responsible for an average of 47 deaths per year. Nebraska sees an average of 773,000 lightning strikes per year.

Preventing death and injury from lightning is a topic presented to farmers an . . .

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