Lightning News
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By AFP
Warsaw -
At least five people, including two children, were killed and more than 100 others were injured Thursday during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland and Slovakia's Tatra mountains, according to rescuers and officials.
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Munich -
Scientists have developed an AI digital process to predict lightning and thunder. The system is designed to help with weather forecasting and for taking emergency actions in the event of predicted adverse weather.
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The largest forest fire in northeastern Ontario is continuing to grow despite aerial and ground-level efforts to stop its spread.
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Due to the extreme fire hazard, several recent periods of heavy lightning and the large number of wildfires burning, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has implemented a Restricted Fire Zone in some areas of Northeastern Ontario.
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By AFP
Dhaka -
Dozens of Bangladeshis were killed in lightning strikes as pre-monsoon thunderstorms wreaked havoc across the South Asian country, an official said Thursday.
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Rochester -
A man in New York said he was sitting in his office last Monday when he was struck by lightning. He said he was happy to be alive.
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Austrian songstress Kristii chatted with Digital Journal about her new single "Lightning," where she collaborates with Chris Brown.
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By AFP
Dhaka -
Bangladesh has begun planting one million palm trees nationwide to help prevent hundreds of people being killed by lightning strikes every year, a top official said Tuesday.
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As Apple prepares to launch the iPhone 7 without a traditional headphone jack, the audio industry is moving to anticipate a future where the humble 3.5mm connector is no more. Many companies are viewing the situation positively.
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By AFP
New Delhi -
At least 93 people have been struck by lightning and killed in India over the past two days, disaster management officials said Wednesday, as annual monsoon rains swept the country.
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Rock group Chaser Eight is back with their newest music video for their latest single "Lightning," which they just released.
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As storms peppered Europe and Africa last night, British astronaut Tim Peake captured them in all their stunning beauty from on-board the International Space Station.
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Energy-charged atmospheric clouds destroyed a tiny slice of Google's energy-charged digital cloud last Thursday as a data centre in Belgium was struck by lightning four times, wiping disks of data into a state that makes them non-recoverable.
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Monterey -
Got haze? San Francisco Bay Area residents are in for another two days of smoky air as rising temperatures combined with wind-blown manifestations of Northern California wildland fires.
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Pemberton -
Roots blackened, the mighty Elaho Giant, Canada's third largest tree, has survived a devastating wildfire, thanks to quick thinking by firefighters who worked tirelessly to "cool hotspots" near the huge tree's roots.
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By AFP
Frankfurt -
More than 30 people were taken to hospital early Saturday after lightning struck a music festival in western Germany, police said.
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Tampa -
Two third period goals were just enough for Chicago to steal Game 1 in Tampa Bay after being shut down by Ben Bishop for two periods.
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Monterey -
The biggest rainstorms in years are expected to continue to pound Northern California for days after resuming Wednesday, bringing a welcome end to three years of drought but ushering in concerns about landslides, flooding and falling trees.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
At least one person was killed and up to eight others injured when freak lightning struck the bustling Venice Beach of southern California, officials said.
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Los Angeles -
One person is dead and one is listed in critical condition after lightning struck a crowded Los Angeles beach, electrocuting 13 beachgoers.
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Toronto -
The window of opportunity grows smaller with each passing game for the Toronto Maple Leafs as they let another Atlantic Division rival take valuable points away, falling 5-3 to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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By Reuters
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring machine Steven Stamkos has been cleared to resume playing after being sidelined nearly fourth months with a broken leg, the center said on Wednesday.
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Toronto -
Returning home from a four-game road trip full of highs and lows, the Maple Leafs bounced back Tuesday night as they snapped the Tampa Bay Lightning's modest three-game win streak at the Air Canada Centre.
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Lightning has long been hailed as one of the most impressive displays of nature's power. But no one would have imagined that it was responsible for the shape of mountains!
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The A Virxe de Barca sanctuary in Muxía, Galicia, which dates back to 1544, was struck by lightning on Christmas Day. The strike hit a nearby electrical transformer, spread to the building and completely gutted the historic interior.
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Nokia has joined forces with scientists from the University of South Hampton, one of the top 15 research universities in the UK. They have harnessed the energy of a lightning bolt to charge a mobile device in a trial run.
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Researchers may have created a rare phenomenon in the lab known as ball lightning. Scientists still don’t understand exactly what that is, but it has seen in nature and floating around in aircraft.
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Puerto La Cruz -
A huge fire broke out in an oil refinery on Sunday when lightning struck a treatment pond. A massive pillar of black smoke enveloped the Venezuelan town of Puerto la Cruz, prompting residents to evacuate the immediate area.
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New research shows American men are nearly six-times more likely to be killed by lightning than women. The report that comes from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) might suggest an overdue look at the reasons mortality is higher for men.
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A rare photo showing Chicago's 1,451-foot Willis Tower (Sears Tower), the second-tallest skyscraper in the US, hit by a jagged bolt of lightning during a massive storm on Wednesday night is going viral online.
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Lightning Image
A lightning flash from a line of severe thunderstorms sweeping across the eastern United States was spotted from space by the Suomi NPP satellite on the night of Jan. 29, 2013. NASA/NOAA
A spectacular thunderstorm hit Toronto on Wednesday 25 August 2011
The lightning could be seen up in the clouds like a spectacular show.
View of Earth from the ISS, of lightning storms dotting Turkey. Via Tim Peake Via Tim Peake's Twitter feed
Is being hit by lightning an "Act of God?" Jok2000 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
A lightning strike lights up the sky. commons.wikimedia.org
Natural static electrical discharge - lightning. Fir0002
Woman catches fireball on video YouTube
The control tower at Gatwick Airport was hit by lightning strikes as travel chaos hit parts of the south-east UK in June 2011 Flickr
All four towers of San Francisco's Bay Bridge being struck with lightning... at the same time Phil McGrew / Gizmodo
Thunderstorm signals potential tornado in Natchitoches Parish in Louisiana.
Lightning above St. Louis' Busch Stadium during a regular season MLB game Dave Herholz
Lightning strikes the United States about 25 million times a year. NASa
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