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Lightning strikes about 100 times per second.
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How rare is lightning?
Its occurrence varies from one region to the next, but on the whole lightning is very common. Worldwide it is estimated that there are about 100 lighting strikes every second.
How many times a year does lightning strike the earth?
Although many lightning flashes are simply cloud-to-cloud, there are as many as 9,000,000 reported lightning strikes that damage buildings, trees, and other objects every year.Worldwide, it is estimated that of an annual 1.4 billion lightning bolts, 25% (more than 350 million) will strike the Earth's surface or objects on the surface. The vast majority of these strikes, however, occur in the tropics, and in unpopulated areas.100 times per second;Lightning can strike over a thousand times in one storm. So, lightning strikes the earth over a million times a day.Globally, 8,640,000 lightning strikes per day. See the related link for more information.
Why is lightning mor dangours than a tornado?
Lightning can be considered more dangerous that a tornado because there is no warning. A lightning bold strikes and is gone in a fraction of a second. By contrast it usually takes at least a few minutes for a tornado to form and it is often possible to see or detect one before it strikes.
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called lightning?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
What is it when lightning strikes within one cloud?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
What is it called when lighting strikes within one cloud?
Lightning
When lighting strikes within one cloud it is called?
Lightning
When lighting strikes within one cloud is called?
Lightning
What continent gets the most lightning strikes?
Africa gets the most lightning strikes.
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called .?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
What time of year do lightning occur?
at any one time there are almost 30 lightning strikes in the world
Can lightning never strikes in one place twice?
Lightning can strikes back at one place but it's just a very very small percentage about 0.00001 percent but it can happen it's not impossible.
