Show thunderstorms AND LIGHTNING eight hundred people p year killed in united states washington an average of peo ale pie are killed in the united states earh year by lightning according to data collected by the weather bdeau this means that about one in each of population Is killed in that manner the belt of most numerous visita eions includes all of florida except tha the tip UP the lower edges of georgia and the southeastern corner of alabama in that belt an average of forty five thunderstorms a year Is e ex perlen perien ced the zone of next greatest frequency includes the more northern parts f georgia and alabama and its annual average Is forty storms |