The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...
MIAMI — Two Miami men were killed by an apparent lightning strike during a hunting trip in Highlands County in Central Florida, authorities said. Deputies responded around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to the ...
The most electrified place in the country is no longer the Sunshine State. New data for 2025 shows that Florida has been pushed off its long-held perch as the nation’s lightning leader, with a Great ...