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The region with the second-most is the village Kifuka, in the mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [7] where the elevation is around 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), receives 232 lightning strikes per square kilometer (600 per sq mi) a year. [2] [8] Malaysia and Singapore have one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world ...
There's a mesmerizing new project from an organization called Blitzortung.org that lets you see real-time lightning strikes around the world. It works using a network of volunteers willing to ...
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World map showing frequency of lightning strikes, in flashes per km 2 per year (equal-area projection). Lightning strikes most frequently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Combined 1995–2003 data from the Optical Transient Detector and 1998–2003 data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor.
Lightning is a natural phenomenon, more specifically an atmospheric electrical phenomenon. It consists of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions, either both existing within the atmosphere or one within the atmosphere and one on the ground, with these regions then becoming partially or wholly electrically neutralized.
Being hit directly by a lightning bolt and becoming part of the main channel of electricity flowing from the cloud to the ground is one of the least common ways to be struck by lightning, Dr. Mary ...
Across the city, lightning and rain lit up the night sky and made quite a fuss for the athletes at the 2024 Paris Games. On Aug. 1, the official TODAY Instagram shared photos of the brilliant ...
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]