Thunderstorms are very common from May to September and can occasionally be quite heavy.

The electric field is strongest on grounded objects whose tops are closest to the base of the thundercloud, such as trees and tall buildings.

Mr. Abhayasingha Bandara, Sri Lanka, addressed the issue of adaptation to increased thunderstorm hazards among low income families.

New York The selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain s running mate hit the United States like an electric storm.

In an average thunderstorm, the energy released amounts to about 10,000,000 kilowatt hours (3.6 joule), which is equivalent to a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead.

(c) Molniya SM study of the optical phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere associated with thunderstorms and seismic activity.

St. Elmo's fire is seen during thunderstorms when the ground below the storm is electrically charged, and there is high voltage in the air between the cloud and the ground.

In the course of the experiment, methods of monitoring thunderstorm activity in low and middle latitudes and the luminosity of the night sky over seismically active regions were studied.