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LightningMonmouth, New Jersey

August 15, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Monmouth

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 41-year-old male was struck and died the next day from a lightning strike while fishing with his 10-year-old son on Takanassee Lake Beach in Long Branch. His son was not injured.

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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.

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