One day after Robert Montgomery was killed by a lightning strike in New Jersey, his sister explained how he was a helper who loved archery.

Summer is a busy time for lighting strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

Heat and humidity fueled a dazzling lightning show across the Washington and Baltimore region on Wednesday night.

Another day of pop-up thunderstorms is expected for the tri-state area Thursday, this one potentially more widespread than the isolated cell that turned deadly in New Jersey a day ago. Any storms that do develop,

The bolt struck local archers and a boy scout troop in New Jersey, killing one man and injuring 13 other people. Friends of the victims said the strike had come out of nowhere.

David Robinson, New Jersey’s state climatologist, said Wednesday’s lightning strike that killed one person and injured 14 others was a rare occurrence. The strike at the Black Knights Bow Benders Archery Range in Jackson killed Robert Montgomery, 61 of Cinnaminson, and injured over a dozen Cub Scouts, one as young as 7.

A 27-year-old deliveryman described the moments after a lightning strike during storms earlier this week that narrowly missed him.

A lightning strike has been confirmed as the cause of the fire at Grace Heights Health and Rehabilitation in Morganton on July 13.