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Last week, the United States recorded its first lightning fatality of the year, and as seasonal summer storms loom on the horizon, experts say death by bolt is highly likely in this Southern state.

What does it feel like to be struck by lightning? The severity of the resulting injury depends on, among countless other variables, how the electricity enters the body, and where, and the path the ...