FactPack: Superstorms

FactPack: Superstorms

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  1. Mindmap
  2. Earth Science
  3. Weather
  4. Weather Systems

Classroom visuals

  • Cloudscape At Sunset

    Cloudscape At Sunset

  • Cirrus Cloud Patterns

    Cirrus Cloud Patterns

  • Cityscape At Sunset

    Cityscape At Sunset

  • Stratus Clouds

    Stratus Clouds

  • Blue Sky

    Blue Sky

  • Cloud Layers

    Cloud Layers

Learning materials

Film info

Film summary

How hot and bright is a lightning strike? And what are your odds of being hit?

Key facts

  • Facts about superstorms, for example:
  • Over 2000 thunderstorms happen around the world at any given moment.
  • Lightning strikes Earth more than 8 million times a day.
  • Roy Cleveland Sullivan was struck seven times by lightning.

Transcript

More than 2000 thunderstorms

Happen around the world

At any given moment

Lightning: As bright as 100 million light bulbs

Thunder: Audible up to 20km away

Lightning strikes Earth

More than 8 million times every day

50 times a second

Lightning can reach 30,000°C

5 x hotter than the surface ...

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