Lightning strikes in 2019
July 1 , 2020
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- Brazil has the highest incidence of lightning in the world.
- Argentina recorded a strike that lasted for 16.73 seconds in 2019.
- Brazil recorded a lightning strike that travelled a distance of 709 kilometers in 2018.
- It was released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
- The lightning flashes that have now entered the record books are known as ‘Megaflashes’ in scientific parlance.
- In India, Bihar is second after Uttar Pradesh with the maximum number of deaths due to lightning.
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