Dark gray clouds, the pelting of rain and the rumbling thunder followed by a a flash of lighting . Its like switching on a light for a split second
but only worst . Most of us have seen and experienced multiple thunderstorms
in our lives now as climate change as causing extreme
weather events globally increasing scientific evidence pointing to the trend of more lighting strikes around the world . A typical lighting flash
Measure about 300 million volts enough to kill . it can cause the air around it to heat up to temperatures that have five times more than that
that on the surface of the sun . Lighting Occur more frequently when it is hotter than when it is colder but , how much more lightning should
We expect as global temperatures continue to rise . According to experts the number of lightning strikes will increase by about 12% for every
degree of a raise in global average temperatures .Lightning play as an important role in atmospheric chemistry and in the initation of wildfires.
The impact of global warming on lightning rate is more than we can contain . In the Indian state of Bihar experts from the Patna university
geology department say that climate change is contributing to this change in the pattern of life lightning causing more deaths.
Global warming is creating more vapors from the sea , the melting of glaciers leading to a rise the sea levels is contributing to the formation of clouds increasing urbanization and loss of tree cover also leading to a rise in temperatures . This develops a system that is favorable for lightning and thunderstorms . Open agricultural fields are also more
Prone to lightning strikes . Lightning resilient India campaign report in 2021 as many as 18 . 5 million lightning strikes were recorded in India
between April 2020and march 2021 . This is an increase of 34 percent as compare to the previous year . According to the Official data lightning
Strikes have killed more than 100 thousand people in the country between 1967 and 2019 . This is more than a third of the fatalities
Caused by natural hazards during this period . The overwhelming majority of India lightning victims live in villages and die after
Taking shelter under tall trees . Many animals are also dying this way , last year a herd of 18 wild elephants was found died in the northeast
Indian state of Assam after they were stuck by lightning .Survivors of a lightning strike might have to live with symptoms like weakness
dizziness even memory loss a study has also established the links between climate change and the rising incidence of lightning in the
arctic region . As temperature continue to rise so will lightning strikes and governments need to do more to reduce the risk of death by
lightning . National guidelines for mitigating the impact of thunderstorms and lightning strikes are needed .
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