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which is the number of lightning flashes in a given time and area, the most extreme storms actually take place over the ocean, largely in the Gulf of Mexico… Receive a weekly dose of discovery ...

The new study shows lightning can be much more powerful over the ocean than land. Florida Tech’s Amitabh Nag, assistant professor of physics and space sciences, and Kenneth L. Cummins ...

It had always been assumed that the rarity of lightning in ocean storms was due to cleaner air over the vast seas, but keen observations have shown that even highly polluted air is associated with ...

But, said Swain, once you hit the coast of the Arctic Ocean and head north, you tend not to get strong updrafts nor enough atmospheric instability to produce lightning-capable clouds. Lightning ...

UPDATE: Police told NJ Advance Media Tuesday night that the man’s cause of death was confirmed to have been an accidental death caused by a lightning ... morning the Ocean County Prosecutor ...

BRICK - An afternoon storm has brought flooding and lightning damage to coastal sections of Ocean County on Tuesday evening. Brick Police are advising motorists to avoid Mantoloking Road between ...