SoCal facing a triple threat: Extreme heat, fire risk, thunderstorms
As Southern California braces for the most significant heat wave yet this year, officials warn that the dangerously hot temperatures ...
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Wildfires in BC double overnight after massive lightning storms spark dozens of new blazes across the province todayheadline
British Columbia’s wildfire has intensified dramatically in the past 24 hours, with the number of active wildfires more than doubling, ...
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A 515-Mile Lightning Flash Is Longest on Record
A reappraisal of satellite data from 2017 revealed that a thunderstorm over the Great Plains produced a 515-mile lightning flash, ...
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Lightning Kills 320 Million Trees Yearly. With Warming, the Toll Could Rise
A new study finds that lightning kills some 320 million trees around the world each year, more than was previously ...
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Unusual SoCal summer storms spark concerns of dry lightning and fires
An unusual weather system for July is bringing the chance of dry lightning and scattered showers to parts of Southern ...
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1 dead, 13 hurt in lightning strike at New Jersey archery range, police say
JACKSON, N.J. -- A lightning strike at an archery range in New Jersey killed a man and injured 13 others ...
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1 dead, 13 injured by lightning strike at New Jersey archery range
A 61-year-old man is dead after a group of people was struck by lightning at a New Jersey archery range ...
Read moreDetailsA.I. Model Can Predict When Lightning Will Spark Wildfires
Researchers have developed an AI model that can predict with 90 percent accuracy when and where lightning will ignite wildfires.Read ...
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Lightning Strikes the Arctic: What Will It Mean for the Far North?
In August 2019, something bizarre happened in the Far North: A massive thunderstorm produced more than a thousand flashes of ...
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Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in a record-high helicopter rescues
Rescuers fetched two men struck by lightning from a Colorado peak in what they believe were the highest helicopter rescues ...
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