Lightning is a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud between that cloud and another cloud Source: Wikipedia
1. Lightning can occur inside clouds
2. Lightning-strike victims carry no electrical charge
3. Lightning often strikes outside of heavy rain
4. If you can hear thunder, you are within 10 miles of a storm.
5. Lightning is caused by an electrical charge in the atmosphere that is unbalanced.
6. Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
7. Lightning contains millions of volts of electricity
8. The average temperature of lightning is around 25000 °C
9. An average lightning bolt can release enough energy to operate a 100-watt light bulb
10. The study of lightning is known as fulminology.
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