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Global map of lightning frequency--strikes/km 2 /yr. The high lightning areas are on land located in the tropics. Areas with almost no lightning are the Arctic and Antarctic, closely followed by the oceans which have only 0.1 to 1 strikes/km 2 /yr. The map on the right shows that lightning is not distributed evenly around the planet. [5]
A lightning strike or lightning bolt is a lightning event in which an electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the ground, called cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning.
Lightning strikes, and the damage they cause, are on the rise, USA TODAY is reporting. This week -- June 23-29 -- is Lightning Awareness Week , and the National Weather Service has advice on how ...
Positive lightning is less common than negative lightning and on average makes up less than 5% of all lightning strikes. [10] A bolt from the blue lightning strike which appears to initiate from the clear, but [clarification needed] the turbulent sky above the anvil cloud and drive a bolt of plasma through the cloud directly to the ground. They ...
Powerful footage shows the moment lightning struck the One World Trade Center in Manhattan on Saurday (1 April). The spectacle occurred after a powerful storm system that slammed the US Central ...
“The fire starts today are basically remnants of the lightning strikes that occurred yesterday," Molina said Tuesday afternoon. He said Fresno County didn't see much additional lightning Tuesday.
The phenomenon sees the highest density of lightning in the world, at 250 per km 2. [5] In summers, the phenomenon may even occur as dry lightning without rainfall. [6] The lightning changes its flash frequency throughout the year, and it is different from year to year.
"I got lucky and the strike happened right in front of me!" Lightning strikes a plane. Warr’s video shows lightning striking the aircraft while it was parked at the gate.