Lightning safety
What you need to know to stay safe.
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Lightning safety overview
Lightning safety tips for indoors and outdoors.
Lightning fatalities and injuries
Risks and statistics by season, days of the week, age and activity.
Dangers of lightning
Six ways lightning can hurt you, from ground currents to blunt trauma.
Lightning bolts from the blue
Pay attention to the warning signs.
Canadian Lightning Danger Map
Areas at greatest risk of being struck by lightning in the next 10 minutes.
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