Nov 13, 2014 · While severe weather like hurricanes and tornadoes typically only hit particular areas of the globe, lightning can strike anywhere. And it does, a lot. A bolt of lightning flashes …

Oct 12, 2012 · Sightings of ball lightning have been made for centuries around the world – usually the size of a grapefruit and lasting up to twenty seconds – but no explanation of how it occurs …

Jan 27, 2023 · The Washington Post has created a series of visualizations tracking the number and location of lightning strikes across the United States. One visualization compares the …

New crises and conflicts are continuing to emerge around the world, and as the frequency of such events continues to increase, so does the need to adjust the U.S. capability for direct response …

Jul 26, 2021 · The dataset compiles raw data from the World Wide Lightning Location Network to show information on the number of lightning strikes, strike location, strike power, and strike …

May 7, 2015 · The next step for scientists is to attempt to get a picture of thunder in its natural habitat with lightning that tends to zig and zag more than the rocket and copper-fueled …

May 11, 2022 · Thunderstorm severity is a sliding scale. Warm, rising air is central to the formation of thunderstorms. The amount of energy available for this rising air is called …

Jan 30, 2025 · On the heels of that groundbreaking news, Governor Shapiro took to the podium in Pittsburgh on January 30 to announce his new energy plan for the 2025-26 legislative session, …

Jul 5, 2012 · Lightning in nature – or even when artificially generated by such gadgets as a Tesla coil – is proverbially unpredictable. Electrical energy builds up and builds up inside a storm …

Here, we investigate the possible generation of TPs by ionospheric reflection of radiation from remote lightning storms. Welcome to Santa Fe Institute.

Apr 3, 2024 · When the lights go out, restoring power across America is a complex, intricate process requiring seamless collaboration among various agencies, levels of government, and …

Oct 31, 2007 · The aim of Operation Lightning Hammer was to clear al Qaeda, secret cells, and other insurgent elements from the Diyala River Valley, northeast from Baqubah to Muqdadiyah …

Climate change is expected to worsen the frequency, intensity, and impacts of some types of extreme weather events. For example, sea level rise increases the impacts of coastal storms …

Jan 31, 2025 · The Lightning Plan is a step toward a cleaner, more reliable energy future, and we urge the General Assembly to act swiftly in support of this vision. Together, we can build a …

Jul 27, 2021 · To put that in perspective, your chance of dying from a lightning strike is .0007 percent, and your chance of dying from a seasonal flu is 0.1 percent.

Jan 26, 2019 · At the center of our story is Lightning McQueen, a racecar who has driven himself close to winning the Piston Cup, the country’s most prestigious racing championship, out of …

May 30, 2025 · One of the main factors in these delays is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which governs compliance with environmental statutes for new infrastructure projects.

Sep 14, 2020 · Cloud services can be disrupted by many unforeseen events including lightning strikes or flooding at data centers or even human error. In one notable incident, a typo by an …

Apr 9, 2025 · In some landscapes, such as boreal forests, natural wildfire cycles caused by lightning have played an integral role in maintaining ecosystem health for millennia.

Apr 24, 2024 · Many types of extreme weather are becoming more frequent or intense because of human-caused climate change. These events put stress on aging energy infrastructure and …