Tag: lightning strike
“One should take thunderstorms much more seriously”
“It is clear that having children will change your life” Having children is the ultimate goal in life for many. But how do you know if it really makes you…
Summer 2022: Less lightning than in 30 years – knowledge
There were 242,421 flashes in Germany last year. That was only half as often as a year earlier and less than it has been for 30 years, as the lightning…
Weather: Nightly storm keeps Bavaria in suspense – Bavaria
A storm with violent gusts of wind caused considerable damage in a number of places in Bavaria on Wednesday night, and several people were injured. The police and fire brigade…
Researchers shoot lasers through the university – knowledge
Don’t have a fiber optic connection yet? It doesn’t matter, air will do too. At least for a team led by electrical engineer Andrew Goffin from the University of Maryland:…
Lasers lead lightning to lightning rods – knowledge
During a thunderstorm, a laser can lead lightning discharges to a lightning conductor like a guide beam. This is shown by the study by an international research group on a…
Bad Kötzting: struck by lightning while walking – Bavaria
When walking, two people in the Upper Palatinate were struck by lightning and injured. A 42-year-old man and his 55-year-old companion were on Monday in Bad Kötzting (Cham district) with…
New record: Longest flash ever measured was 768 kilometers long – panorama
According to the UN weather organization WMO, the longest lightning bolt ever measured stretched over 768 kilometers. The discharge occurred in April 2020 between the US states of Texas, Louisiana…
Meteorology: The lightning cannon
The Säntis weather mountain in Switzerland is hit by around 400 lightning bolts every year. That is why physicists are testing a new type of lightning rod there: it is…