Lightning kills or injures about 250,000 people around the world every year, most frequently in developing countries, where many people work outside without lightning-safe shelters nearby. In the ...

Data: Vaisala Xweather; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Nearly 69,000 lightning strikes hit Davidson County last year, per weather data firm Vaisala Xweather. But the state's most intense lightning ...

Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail By Chris Vagasky, University of Wisconsin-MadisonUpdatedMarch 1, 2024 5:01 p.m.

In the 16 years from 2006 to 2021, 446 people died as the result of lightning strikes, an average of 28 a year. About 70% of those deaths were from June to August.

Lightning maps show a mixture of flashes that only occur in clouds and strikes that reach the ground. In-cloud lightning is five to 10 times more likely than cloud-to-ground lightning.

The lightning science team recently presented the animated lightning maps and 11 technical papers at the 12th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, Versailles, France.

Find latest details here. Lightning strikes sparked at least 20 wildfires in the Klamath National Forest, prompting an evacuation order for 335 square miles west of Yreka.

A comprehensive map of lightning strikes on the UK and Ireland over the last 12 years has been produced by experts at the University of Portsmouth to help weather forecasters, local councils and ...

Lightning-strike map finds fires National network helps firefighters get to source of smoke By Dale Rodebaugh Staff reporter Friday, Aug 2, 2013 1:26 PM ...