I think Uganda leads the world in the number of lightning strikes but Polk County Florida is the leader in deaths by lightning. Often, powerful strikes come ‘out of nowhere’ with no advance warning.
As far as states go, Florida is the lightning strike capital of the country.......one of at least 20 other life threatening reasons I would recommend people not ever go there......and move there?.......that would be a death wish.
Tell me about it. After recording the video above, I took shelter in the stairwell of the building. After about 40 minutes when the rain started dying down and the lightning strikes became more distant and infrequent, I made a beeline towards my car. About halfway out to the parking lot a YUUUUUGE lightning strike hit near me only about 200 yards away.
I live in Polk County, FL. Lightning has not gotten me yet.
You might be thinking of Catatumbo Lightning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatumbo_lightning
which is in Venezuela