Every year, an estimated 6,000 to 24,000 people are killed by lightning across the world, and many more are injured.

A lightning strike can last only a fraction of a second, but it carries an enormous amount of energy that can cause severe ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A News 5 viewer wanted to know how lightning forms and strikes. Meteorologist Trent Magill has the answer.