June 21, 2024, Press Release from Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA): COLUMBUS, OH – Spring and summer are typical seasons for thunder and lightning storms, though they can occur year-round and at any hour. By knowing your area’s risk for lightning and paying attention to changing weather conditions, you can help keep yourself and your family members out of harm’s way.
Lightning Safety Awareness Week started in 2001 in order to address that lightning is an underrated killer. Since that time, fatalities have dropped due to increased awareness. Numbers around 55 per year in 2001 are now less than 30.
The National Weather Service is urging everyone to be aware that "when thunder roars, go indoors".
The flash flooding that occurred after Saturday's heavy downpours was not the only problem this area saw, the dangerous lightening caused millions of dollars in damage to city equipment.
Wednesday night's storms could be the cause of a morning fire in American Township.
