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1. 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

Subjects
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
Abstract

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

2. 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
Abstract

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

3. 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

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