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According to the CDC there are about 6,000 lightning strikes per minute, or more than 8 million strikes every day. [11] As of 2008 there were about 240,000 "lightning strikes incidents" around the world each year. [12] According to National Geographic in 2009, about 2,000 people were killed annually worldwide by lightning. [13]
Lightning at a sufficient distance may be seen and not heard; there is data that a lightning storm can be seen at over 160 km (100 miles) whereas the thunder travels about 32 km (20 miles). Anecdotally, there are many examples of people describing a 'storm directly overhead' or 'all-around' and yet 'no thunder'.
As of 2007, there were as many as 50 strikes per square mile (about 20 per km 2) per year. [12] [13] In their 2018 Annual Lightning Report, Vaisala reported there were as many as 24 strikes per square mile (about 9 per km 2) per year in Florida. [11]
Lightning is one of nature's most powerful forces, and in 2022, there was an increase in lightning activity in the United States. In fact, there were more lightning bolts detected across the U.S ...
How many volts are in a lightning strike? A typical lightning bolt carries about 300 million volts and 30,000 amps, according to the NWS. Compare that to the typical household's electric current ...
DALLAS – Lightning detection networks recorded billions of bolts ... with May 22 coming in as the busiest day of activity with more than 3.1 million lightning events. "There were 24 weather ...
An average bolt of lightning carries a negative electric current of 40 kiloamperes (kA) (although some bolts can be up to 120 kA), and transfers a charge of five coulombs and energy of 500 MJ, or enough energy to power a 100-watt lightbulb for just under two months.
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