It's Lightning Safety Awareness Week!
Lightning strikes can result in death or serious injury. If you hear thunder or see lightning, take shelter in an enclosed building or a hard-topped vehicle with the windows up.
Each year in the United States, thunderstorms produce 20-25 million lightning flashes that strike the ground, killing an average of 20+ people and injuring hundreds more - often in devastating and permanent ways.
Lightning strikes the U.S. 25 million times a year, which sometimes results in death or permanent injury. You are safest indoors or inside a hard-topped enclosed vehicle.
Did you know that lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun?
Stay Weather Ready and learn more lightning science at http://weather.gov/safety/lightning-science
Most lightning-related deaths occur when people are having fun outside. When Thunder Roars Go Indoors! http://weather.gov/safety/lightning