The bolt struck local archers and a boy scout troop in New Jersey, killing one man and injuring 13 other people. Friends of the victims said the strike had come out of nowhere.

A series of lightning strikes near the home came as a line of severe thunderstorms rolled through the Kansas City metro overnight.

David Robinson, New Jersey’s state climatologist, said Wednesday’s lightning strike that killed one person and injured 14 others was a rare occurrence. The strike at the Black Knights Bow Benders Archery Range in Jackson killed Robert Montgomery,

Summer is a busy time for lighting strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

The odds of being struck by lightning is less than one in a million in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But people have died from lightning strikes in New Jersey before. In June 2024, a Manchester man was killed in Seaside Park.

Heat and humidity fueled a dazzling lightning show across the Washington and Baltimore region on Wednesday night.

Severe thunderstorm leads to tragedy as 18-year-old Joey Nelson Jr. and 19-year-old Randall Martin III were fatally struck by lightning following a fishing trip in Waycross, Georgia.