Aurion
12.07.08, 18:13
WASHINGTON -- Five young lives have been ended by lightning in less than a week.
The National Weather Service said July typically marks the peak in lightning activity. It's a time when people are vacationing and are outside, and so they're vulnerable to lightning strikes.
A 16-year-old Georgia youth was riding a bicycle at a summer camp in Colorado when he was struck down on July 3. Two days later, a 19-year-old was riding a personal watercraft in South Carolina when hit. The next day, lightning killed a 23-year-old while she was jogging along the shore in Virginia Beach. On July 7, two 16-year-olds died -- one on a family farm in Wisconsin and another in a North Carolina beach hut, sheltering from a storm.
Source :
Lightning Kills 5 In One Week - Orlando Weather News Story - WKMG Orlando (http://www.local6.com/weather/16856746/detail.html)
The National Weather Service said July typically marks the peak in lightning activity. It's a time when people are vacationing and are outside, and so they're vulnerable to lightning strikes.
A 16-year-old Georgia youth was riding a bicycle at a summer camp in Colorado when he was struck down on July 3. Two days later, a 19-year-old was riding a personal watercraft in South Carolina when hit. The next day, lightning killed a 23-year-old while she was jogging along the shore in Virginia Beach. On July 7, two 16-year-olds died -- one on a family farm in Wisconsin and another in a North Carolina beach hut, sheltering from a storm.
Source :
Lightning Kills 5 In One Week - Orlando Weather News Story - WKMG Orlando (http://www.local6.com/weather/16856746/detail.html)