ER Physician Tells You How To Avoid A Lightning Strike And What To Do If One Occurs
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 21:14
in Health & Medicine
An estimated 200 people die each year in the U.S. after being struck by lightning. An extremely brief but intense hit delivers more than 10 million volts and is fatal in about 30 percent of cases. Recent lightning strikes in Newark resulted in one death and three injuries.
