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Lightning — Monroe, Pennsylvania
August 5, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
7
Property damage
—
Area
Monroe
Event narrative (NOAA)
A lightning strike killed a 41-year-old man in the parking lot of the Pocono Raceway (Long Pond in Tunkhannock Township) as he was packing items into a minivan. Eight other spectators were injured and hospitalized by the same stroke. One of them was critically injured, but survived. The other seven were treated and released.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.