Why lightning is so terrifying on California's highest peaks

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Sep 19, 2025, 7:08 am272 ptsTop
As a late-summer monsoon spread across California in recent weeks, it delivered hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes—record numbers in August and the first week of September. Those sparked hundreds of wildfires and, for many hikers, sheer terror.

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