Heat waves bring dangerous and deadly lightning strikes. Here’s how to avoid getting struck

In the middle of The first heat wave in the summer seasonlightning Killed honey honey while enjoying the beach in Florida And injured 20 others cooling on a Southern Carolina lake.

According to Accuweather, more than 30 people have been injured by such strikes in the past two weeks. A few 20 people are killed by lightning every year in the United States and hundreds of others are injured.

Most of these deaths take place in July and generally during the weekend, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NotesWith the southeast most at risk. Those who survive the strikes can undergo neurological damage to life, such as problems of forgetting and memory, depression, irritability and personality changes.

The result of the accumulation and discharge of static electricity in the atmosphere, a shot can heat the air it crosses 50,000 degrees fahrenheit: A measure five times warmer than the surface of the sun.

“Lightning is a serious risk of security in summer which can injure or tragically kill people outside,” warned the chief meteorologist of the baton Jonathan Porter.

With warmer temperatures arises an increased risk of storms that can cause love at first sight and potentially linked forest fires. A warmer atmosphere may contain more humidity necessary for storm formation. So how do you make sure you yourself and your loved ones this summer?

Be aware of

Time monitoring is the best way to stay safe!

This is especially the case if you plan outdoor activities. Lightning can strike up to 30 miles from a storm, especially Anvil clouds which are the flat summit of a thunderstorm. While the cumulonimbus clouds “related to cauliflower” report a thunderstorm thunderstorm.

But, a dangerous lightning can occur in any thunderstorm, not just serious thunderstorms. This was the case in South Carolina.

“The conditions have gone from calm and calm to a small thunderstorm with several thunderbolt in a few minutes,” said the chief meteorologist of Accuweather Bernie Rayno. “As soon as this storm developed, it weakened and passed. It was a very small storm, but it packed a lot of lightning.”

If you are outside

There is no safe place outside when thunderstorms are in the region. If you can hear thunder, you are probably in the storm range.

Too many people are waiting for too long to get safe when approaching thunderstorms are approaching.

People should have a lightning safety plan, including where to go and how long it will take to get there.

Avoid open fields and hills or peak summits. Also stay away from large isolated trees and other large objects.

If you are in a group, spread out to avoid current trips between group members. When lightning hits the ground, Energy radiates outside.

Move away from waterwet objects and all metal objects. Water and metal are excellent electricity drivers. Fishing and swimming are some of the deadliest activities for lightning-related deaths.

Lately, Do not make the “Lightning Crouch”, the old recommendation to look and curl up in a ball on your toes. The National Lightning Safety Council now says that it only prolongs the risk of being struck.

When you are inside

Being inside may not protect you from associated dangers.

When lightning strikes a house or a buildingIt often follows wiring or plumbing, so get away from everything connected to an outlet and sinks, showers and baths. Mobile phones and wireless phones are safe, but do not touch televisions or computers. Lightning generates electrical overvoltages that can damage electronic equipment, even at a distance from a real strike.

Make sure you stay away from windows or doors. Metal components could provide a lash in lightning to enter the house.

Lightning can also travel through all wires or metal bars in concrete walls or floor coverings.

“Stay inside for 30 minutes after the last rumble of thunder or lightning flash, to allow the threat to go before returning outside,” added.