Michael Peterson, an applied physicist at the Severe Storms Research Center at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, is one of ...

Lightning is one of nature’s most dangerous weather threats. Accurately predicting where it might strike can not only protect property, but improve public safety and ultimately save lives.

A bolt of lightning can heat up to 50,000 °F in less than a second, helping to produce a sound we know as thunder. The temperature is around five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

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