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Lightning can strike you even 10 miles away from its parent thunderstorm!
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It's estimated that 100 flashes of lightning per minute are occurring around the globe!
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Lightning has an electric potential of some 100 million volts.
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Lightning starts some 10,000 forest fires each year.
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The air near a lightning strike is heated to around 50,000 degrees F - Hotter than the surface of the sun!
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The average flash could light a 100-watt light bulb for more than 3 months.
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Lightning is usually associated with thunderstorms, but it can occur in emissions from volcanoes and dust storms.
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