{"id":16148,"date":"2020-06-30T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T06:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16148"},"modified":"2020-06-30T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T06:24:00","slug":"south-america-witnessed-extreme-lightning-strikes-in-2018-2019-wmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/south-america-witnessed-extreme-lightning-strikes-in-2018-2019-wmo\/","title":{"rendered":"South America witnessed extreme lightning strikes in 2018, 2019: WMO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The World Meteorological Organization(WMO) has released its findings on lightning strikes which had happened around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Brazil<\/strong> recorded the longest lightning strike that travelled a distance of 709 kilometres in 2018.<\/li><li><strong>Argentina<\/strong> recorded a lightning strike that lasted continuously for 16.73 seconds in 2019.<\/li><li><strong>India: <\/strong>Uttar Pradesh recorded the maximum number of deaths due to lightning in India.It was followed by Bihar.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lightning:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/h2lEN5UtP5-c_oIgMYCmgMW97og0Y2zqHe_kmFEbYOh4xRemc-5TfMVByntxHAOtLXAymBTcRueMUuH1bG1gzFgRCEJQCoITgr2bhkQmpNdYvJdTOc_EiQhKYzqRDlgKgkxdNHrF\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Lightning: <\/strong>It is a very rapid and massive discharge of electricity in the atmosphere,some of which is directed towards the Earth.These discharges are generated in giant moisture-bearing clouds that are 10-12 km tall.<\/li><li><strong>How is it formed?<\/strong><ul><li>Air generally acts as an insulator between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud and the ground.<\/li><li>But when the opposite charges build up enough, this insulating capacity of the air breaks down and there is a rapid discharge of electricity that we know as lightning.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Effects of Lightning:&nbsp;<\/strong><ul><li><strong>Direct strike: <\/strong>Victims may sustain a direct strike, which is often fatal.<\/li><li><strong>Contact injury: <\/strong>This occurs when lightning strikes an object, such as a car or metal pole that the victim is touching.<\/li><li><strong>Ground current: <\/strong>This occurs when lightning strikes the ground near a victim and the ground current passes from the strike point through the ground and into the victim among others.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The World Meteorological Organization(WMO) has released its findings on lightning strikes which had happened around the world. Facts: Key Takeaways: Brazil recorded the longest lightning strike that travelled a distance of 709 kilometres in 2018. Argentina recorded a lightning strike that lasted continuously for 16.73 seconds in 2019. India: Uttar Pradesh recorded the maximum&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/south-america-witnessed-extreme-lightning-strikes-in-2018-2019-wmo\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">South America witnessed extreme lightning strikes in 2018, 2019: WMO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[5037,5038],"class_list":["post-16148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-lightning","tag-wmo","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700791393,"cached_date":1704910444},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}