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1. Tonga Hunga eruption produced the most intense lightning ever recorded

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Hunga Tonga Eruption and Tsunami, 2022 -- Environmental aspects, Lightning -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Aerospace and defense industries, Astronomy, High technology industry, Telecommunications industry
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2023 The January 15, 2022, eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga continues to break records. According to a new study, the eruption created a 'supercharged' [...]

Published
2023

2. Heat wave to increase risk of wildfires; UBC researcher says he's concerned lightning could spark fires after warm weather primes forest fuels for ignition

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Hot weather -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Lightning -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Wildfires -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, University of British Columbia -- Officials and employees
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Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Western Canada is bracing for an unseasonable and extreme heat wave and dry spell that will raise the risk of wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia [...]

Published
2023

3. WMO world record lightning extremes: longest reported flash distance and longest reported flash duration: a WMO committee has judged that the world's longest reported distance (321 km) for a single lightning flash occurred over Oklahoma in 2007, while the world's longest reported duration (7.74 s) for a single lightning flash occurred over southern France in 2012

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Lang, Timothy J., Pedeboy, Stephane, Rison, William, Cerveny, Randall S., Montanya, Joan, Chauzy, Serge, MacGorman, Donald R., Holle, Ronald L., Avila, Eldo E., Zhang, Yijun, Carbin, Gregory, Mansell, Edward R., Kuleshov, Yuriy, Peterson, Thomas C., Brunet, Manola, Driouech, Fatima, and Krahenbuhl, Daniel S.

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World records -- Forecasts and trends, Lightning -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Earth sciences, World Meteorological Organization -- Reports
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A World Meteorological Organization weather and climate extremes committee has judged that the world's longest reported distance for a single lightning flash occurred with a horizontal distance of 321 km [...]

Published
2017
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4. Why there aren't National Weather Service warnings for lightning

Author

Duncan, Jim

Subjects
United States. National Weather Service -- Reports, Weather forecasting, Lightning -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Jim Duncan Lightning. The searing flashes and rumbling reverberations jar us to attention. The random brushstrokes of light painted brilliantly across stormy skies alert us to the perilous power [...]

Published
2022

5. The Washington Monument is struck by lightning up to two times every year on average

Author

Ambrose, Kevin

Subjects
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.) -- Environmental aspects, Washington -- Environmental aspects, Thunderstorms -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Lightning -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Storms, Photography, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Kevin Ambrose The Washington Monument is struck by lightning in many years, and sometimes multiple times, but to witness and photograph a direct strike is rare. I can speak [...]

Published
2020

6. Lightning struck near the North Pole 48 times on Saturday, as rapid Arctic warming continues

Author

Freedman, Andrew

Subjects
United States. National Weather Service -- Reports, North Pole -- Environmental aspects, Climate change -- Forecasts and trends, Lightning -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Weather, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Andrew Freedman August 13: This story has been updated with new data on the number of lightning discharges near the North Pole. On Saturday, 48 lightning discharges were detected [...]

Published
2019

7. Local Digest: Man found in alley had been pinned by vehicle, officials say

Author

Hedgpeth, Dana and Brice-Saddler, Michael

Subjects
Washington, D.C. -- Environmental aspects, Traffic accidents -- Investigations, Lightning -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Fire investigation, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

THE DISTRICT Man found in alley had been pinned by vehicle A man was killed Wednesday after being pinned by a vehicle in Northwest Washington in what D.C. police say [...]

Published
2018

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