Agencies offer tips to avoid lightning injuries
By The News-Gazette
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Two state agencies have partnered with the National Weather Service to declare this lightning safety awareness week.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Natural Resources are reminding people that it's estimated that more than 1,000 people are injured in this country annually from lightning strikes. On average, another 62 die.
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