As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, ...
In December 2018 to March 2019, about 3 per cent of the state was burnt in three main bushfires started by dry lightning strikes at Gell River on December 27, and at the Great Pine Tier in the ...
When lightning strikes, the current’s path is random. A negative charge built up in the clouds reaches down, searching for a corresponding positive charge on the ground. The giant spark that ...