Deaths from lightning strikes may be the lowest ever in 2020

[Mike Wehner]

• The death toll from lightning strikes in the United States is at a record low.
• Fewer people are dying from being struck by lightning than in years past, due to a variety of factors.
• Less intense thunderstorms may be temporarily skewing the numbers down.

The coronavirus pandemic has cost well over 200,000 lives in the United States and over a million people worldwide. It's been an incredibly devastating outbreak and the virus shows no signs of slowing down. While we wait for a safe and reliable vaccine to finally become available, the headlines seem to get worse and worse, but some new data reveals that at least one deadly type of weather event is actually tapering dramatically.

As CNN reports, the total number of deaths from lightning strikes in the United States is at a record low. In fact, if the trend continues — and it likely will, as the worst storm months are in the rearview mirror right now — the country could tally the fewest deaths from lightning ever in a single year.

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