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Although lightning can be fascinating to watch, it can also be deadly. That fact isn’t surprising: A lightning bolt can have an electrical potential of millions of volts and have a temperature hotter than the surface of the sun. About 70 people die in the United States each year from lightning strikes, about three each [more...]

There are few common displays of nature that are more dramatic than lightning — happening in an instant, a lightning strike is hotter than the surface of the sun and creates a sound that sometimes can be heard as far away as 25 miles or 40 kilometers. It’s no wonder that since ancient times lightning [more...]