Lightning-induced wildfires are severe natural disasters. However, because of the regionality and random nature of lightning, there is still an incomplete understanding within the scientific community ...

Air pollution — especially from transboundary dust and sulfate particles — is intensifying lightning activity in Bangladesh, particularly during the pre-monsoon season. Studies show that these ...

Recently, researchers at the China National Energy Key Laboratory of Lightning Disaster Detection, Early Warning and Safety Protection, as well as the Laboratory of Lightning Monitoring and Protection ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has officially included heatwaves and lightning in the list of notified natural calamities ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Between 2011 and 2020, lightning strikes claimed the lives of 2,164 people, or nearly four people every week, in Bangladesh, according to the ...

The five were at the 14,265-foot summit of Mt. Blue Sky, which can be reached by a short hike from a parking lot.

Since March 1, India has reported 20 heatstroke deaths and 4,853 cases nationwide, with Maharashtra recording the most fatalities and Telangana logging the highest number of cases.