Dr. Weather
A Junior Meteorologist WebQuest
Do you know how much damage thunderstorms can do? Do you now what is lighting? Lighting is the action of rising and descending air within a thunderstorm. It separates positive and the negative charges. Water and ice particles also defect distribution of the electrical charge can also make lighting. Lighting results from the build up and discharge of electrical charge. Most lighting occurs within the clouds and ground.
The average flash of the lighting could turn on a 100-watt light bulb for more then 3 months. The air near a lightning strike is hotter then the surface of the sun. The rapid heating and cooling of air near the lightning channel causes a shock wave that can kill you in a couple seconds.
Your chance of getting it are estimated to be 1 in 600,000 those chances can be reduced by follow safety rules. Lighting death and injuries occurs when people are caught in a thunderstorm and when the people are outside.
Thunderstorm can lead to lighting and enough rain can lead to flash flood. Thunderstorm can have tornadoes, strong wind and hail.
Bibliography
http://www.fema.gov/kids/thhit.htm
By Erick and Devan