Lightning is one of Mother Nature's most common and spectacular forces.

Each year, lightning is responsible for tragic deaths, devastating injuries and costly property damage.

The number of homeowners' insurance claims from lightning strikes in the United State fell in 2015, but was back up in 2016, according to the New York City-based Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).

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