22.6% increase in lightning in 2020: India Lightning Report
The Hindu
The top five states with the most lightning last year were Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, and Odisha.
There was 22.6% increase lightning in India last year compared to 2019, according to the ‘2020 India Lightning Report’ released by Earth Networks, which operates the largest global hyperlocal weather network. Karnataka and Maharashtra were among the top 10 States with the highest lightning pulse counts during 2020. Over 39.5 million pulses were detected in India last year by the company’s Total Lightning Network. Of these, 12,022,402 were dangerous cloud-to-ground strikes. Most lightning pulses were in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Karnataka.More Related News
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