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lightning storm

NOUN
electrical storm
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The last place you want to be when it rains, or during a lightning storm, is clinging to a steel cable on slippery granite high above the treeline.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

Now scientists have released data showing that the subsequent ash plume also broke another record: the most extreme lightning storm known, with 192,000 flashes over 11 hours.

From Scientific American • Aug. 19, 2023

The January 2022 eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga produced the most extreme lightning storm ever recorded.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023

We needed clear skies to make the star field photographs, and I needed to avoid camping above the tree line in a lightning storm.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

On the bad side, the wire has reminded me of the oncoming lightning storm.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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