Submitted:
Oct 28, 2000 - 8:00 pm (Edited Dec 8, 2015 - 10:57 am)
Facts/Notes:
Estimates range from 6000 to 24000. These statistics do not reflect the difference between direct strikes, where the victim was part of the lightning pathway; indirect effects of being close to the termination point, like ground currents; and resultant, where the casualty arose from subsequent events, such as fires or explosions.