SYDNEY, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Around 2,500 lightning strikes have ignited dozens of fires across Australia's southern island State of Tasmania on Tuesday, adding to a number of dangerous blazes which crews are already battling. "We have several fires that we have identified through members of ...
of cultural causes for fire and smoke, as well as an assessment based upon bushfire incidents in south-eastern and south-western Australia, suggests there is a likelihood that at least some, if not the majority, of the ignitions attributed to Aboriginal agency were caused by lightning strikes....
Information on fatalities from lightning strikes has been extracted from a specially compiled database on natural hazards in Australia. Records dating from 1803–1991 indicate that at least 650 persons have been killed by lightning strikes. Maps and charts show the percentages of victims with respect...
Multiple lightning strikes, rural landscape Kansas, HD, night. 00:16 Heavy thunderstorm with lightnings WS thunderstorm over South African desert 00:30 Video background. Supercell thunderstorm, sea storm with multiple lightning flashes. 00:05 ...
Thousands of properties experienced a power cut on October 3 after intense lightning moved across South Australia13. Numerous lightning strikes, coupled with powerful wind gusts, resulted in widespread damage, including damage to roofs. A total of 33,000 customers were affected by the incident. ...
A note on lightning strikes to aircraft A DC-6 research aircraft was struck by lightning on three occasions during a thunderstorm research project at Flagstaff, Aria., in July 1967. Electric fields and meteorological parameters were measured and recorded. Similar conditions ex......
Lightning activity is frequent in Southeast China, with lightning strikes of varying intensities reported annually, including isolated instances of severe or even fatal lightning strikes. Therefore, it is essential to analyze the characteristics of lightning activities in this area based on long-term dat...
Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming. Science 346, 851–854 (2014). 60. Xue, Y. & A. Leetmaa. Forecasts of tropical Pacific SST and sea level using a Markov model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 2701–2704 (2000). 61. McPhaden, M. J., ...
ArresterFacts 029 Distribution System Responses to Lightning Strikes July 2012 ArresterFacts 028 "Understanding TOV Behavior of Arresters" Published in Australiain Transmission & Distribution eMag June-July 2012 -Check it out- June 2012 ArresterFacts 037 ...
Although thunderstorms produce thousands of lightning strikes every year, only a few cause ignitions that end in a LIW. Lightning-caused ignitions on forest fuels must overcome a complex process, in which fuel moisture and weather conditions should be conducive to both fire survival and growth [...