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A 50-year-old pastor in San Antonio was killed after being struck by lightning while hiking with his sons.
Lightning kills about 66 people in the United States every year. Many of those deaths involve obvious tempts of fate by people who ignore the rumble of thunder and remain outdoors.
But bolts can strike entirely out of the blue, too. Last month a Florida man was killed by lightning under clear skies.
