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  2. Lightning injury - Wikipedia

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    Lightning injuries are divided into direct strikes, side splash, contact injury, and ground current. [1] Ground current occurs when the lightning strikes nearby and travels to the person through the ground. [1] Side splash makes up about a third of cases and occurs when lightning strikes nearby and jumps through the air to the person. [1]

  3. Lightning strike - Wikipedia

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    Contact injury – an object (generally a conductor) that a person is touching is electrified by a strike. Side splash – branches of currents "jumping" from the primary flash channel electrify the person. Blast injuries – being thrown and suffering blunt-force trauma from the shock wave (if very close) and possible hearing damage from the ...

  4. 5 ways you can be struck by lightning ... and only 1 ... - AOL

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    Being hit directly by a lightning bolt and becoming part of the main channel of electricity flowing from the cloud to the ground is one of the least common ways to be struck by lightning, Dr. Mary ...

  5. NC is among the states with the most lightning strike ... - AOL

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    Side flash: When lightning strikes a taller object, like a tree, some of the current jumps to the victim. Ground current: When the current from a lightning strike travels along the ground.

  6. Woman struck by lightning in bed - AOL

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    When there's thunder and lightning outside, childhood instinct says to hide under the covers. Check out these crazy lightning snapshots: Unfortunately, a woman in Michigan found out this week that ...

  7. List of lightning phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Sympathetic lightning is the tendency of lightning to be loosely coordinated across long distances. Discharges can appear in clusters when viewed from space. [22] [23] [24] [clarification needed] Upward lightning or ground-to-cloud lightning is a lightning flash which originates from the top of a grounded object and propagates upward from this ...

  8. 2 lightning-related deaths reported in US this past weekend - AOL

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    According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes are responsible for an average of 20 to 30 fatalities and 100 injuries each year in the U.S. Based on ...

  9. Electrical injury - Wikipedia

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    An electrical injury, (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The injury depends on the density of the current , tissue resistance and duration of contact. [ 4 ]