Director
Larry L Ringering
Business Phone
(618) 692-0537
Fax
(618) 692-8985
Email
ema@co.madison.il.us
Address
101 E. Edwardsville Rd, Wood River Il. 62095
All thunderstorms are dangerous. Every thunderstorm produces lightning. In the United States, averages of 300 people are injured and 80 people are killed each year by lightning. Although most lightning victims survive, people struck by lightning often report a variety of long-term, debilitating symptoms. Other associated dangers of thunderstorms include tornadoes, strong winds, hail, and flash flooding. Flash flooding is responsible for more fatalities—more than 140 annually—than any other thunderstorm-associated hazard.