Lightning - an Underrated Hazard Lightning is the most frequent weather threat to personal safety during the thunderstorm season. It kills an average of one hundred people each year and injures another 250 to 300 annually. Nationally, lightning ranks second only to flash floods in weather-related deaths.
Lightning can occur as far as ten miles from where rain is falling.
Do not assume you are safe from a strike because you are not in rain. People die because they do not understand this fact. Be aware of the underrated dangers of lightning and seek the best protection your environment offers. If not, seek shelter in a closed car and avoid touching metal parts. Get away from tractors and other metal equipment including isolated sheds or other small structures in open areas.