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'Lightning doesn’t strike twice' is an old wives' tale with repeat lightning strikes highly likely – the Empire State Building is struck on average 23 times a year. In 2020, the US recorded 15 deaths by a lightning strike, with 40 in 2016. June, July and August are peak months for lightning activity across the country with most outbreaks happening in Florida and Texas. The Sunshine State had the highest density of lightning strikes. While Texas had the highest flash count, with 2,483,805 negative cloud-to-ground flashes, according to Vaisala's US National Lightning Detection Network.
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