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The discharge of atmospheric electricity from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth. About 100 lightning strokes hit the earth every second. In the U.S. each year, about 500 to 1000 people are struck by lightning; between 150 and 300 of these die as a result of being struck.<\/p>\n

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