Nation’s lightning deaths hit record low in 2021ORLANDO, Fla. — Lightning deaths were a record low in the U.S. in 2021, and Florida led the nation in fatalities. Strikes killed 11 people last year, according to the National Lightning Safety Council. Florida had the most with four, lower than usual. In 2016, strikes killed 10 people statewide, a quarter of the national deaths. Florida’s lowest counts were one in 2011 and three each in 2019 and 2020. “This new low of 11 lightning deaths is dramatically fewer than the 432 Americans killed by lightning in 1943,” said John Jensenius, a lightning sa…

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