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- Severe Weather 101: Lightning FAQ - NOAA National Severe ...Lightning is an electrostatic discharge accompanied by the emission of visible light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. How many volts and watts are in lightning? Lightning can have 100 million to 1 billion volts, and contains billions of watts.
- Understanding Lightning Science - National Weather ServiceWhile lightning fatalities have decreased over the past 30 years, lightning continues to be one of the top weather killers in the United States. In addition, lightning injures many more people than it kills and leaves some victims with life-long health problems.
- Severe Weather 101: Lightning Basics - NOAA National Severe ...What is lightning? Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground. In the early stages of development, air acts as an insulator between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud and the ground.
- Lightning | Voltage, Causes, & Facts | BritannicaLightning, the visible discharge of electricity that occurs when a region of a cloud acquires an excess electrical charge, either positive or negative, sufficient to break down the resistance of air. It can occur within the cloud, between clouds, between the cloud and the air, or between the cloud and the ground.
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