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.

Visual query of spatiotemporal data is becoming an increasingly important function in visual analytics applications. Various works have been presented for querying large spatiotemporal data in real ...

The numbers became real when a Colorado man was hit by lightning in New Smyrna Beach June 20 as he stood in ankle-deep water. Initially in critical condition after being hospitalized, the 29-year-old ...

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Most often, lightning happens in a fraction of a second. If you blink or are facing the wrong direction, you'll miss it. But in the early morning of June 18, 2020, five years ago today, one ...

A panel of lightning scientists together with the World Meteorological Organization later found this was the longest-lasting lightning flash on record anywhere in the world. It was about 320 miles ...

With around 10 million people within its nearly 300 square miles, according to the C.I.A. World Factbook, Tehran is comparable in density to New York City.

Flood maps around Australia drastically underestimate the impact climate change will have on rainfall, according to an accomplished civil engineer. The Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR ...

About 10 percent of lightning-stroke victims are killed, and 70 percent suffer serious long-term effects. About 400 people survive lightning strokes in the U.S. each year.

Heavy rain and thunder storms produced lightning strikes across parts of the south on Saturday. A tree was struck at St Peter's Church on Hayling Island, and split in two by the force.