According to 'Storm Data', a publication of the National Weather Service based on newspaper clippings, an average of 87 lightning fatalities occurred per year from 1959-1995. However, we know that the number is underestimated by at least 30% so that the figures are more realistically about 120-125 fatal injuries per year. Only about 10% of people who are struck are killed, leaving 90% with various degrees of disability.

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