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.

The NWS Raleigh NC issued a weather alert at 2:58 p.m. on Thursday for strong thunderstorms until 4:15 p.m. The alert is for Forsyth, Guilford and Davidson counties.

Tuesday saw lots of thunderstorm activity pounding the northern and western Upper Peninsula. Today, the chance for storms will be concentrated largely in the Lower Peninsula, with a couple rounds of scattered thunderstorms set to arrive.

Thunderstorms were rolling through parts of the Denver metro area on Wednesday, and as a result a severe thunderstorm watch was in effect for portions of Colorado's Front Range.

Comfortably mild conditions will continue Thursday night through Friday morning with a clear sky and less humid Canadian air in place. We can expect sunshine to start Friday with clouds increasing in the afternoon through evening hours.

New Jersey is expected to miss the heaviest rainfall in the latest round of thunderstorms on Tuesday, but more flash flooding is possible.

During thunderstorms on Monday evening, a man delivering food to a home in New Jersey was nearly struck by lightning.

Dozens of people were rescued from flood waters Thursday after severe weather and thunderstorms doused the Kansas City metro Wednesday night into Thursday morning.