Using AI, Switzerland researchers crack the code of lightning

Between 6,000 and as many as 24,000 people are killed by lightning every year. Switzerland's leading university has found a way to predict when and where lightning will strike to the nearest 10 to 30 minutes and within a radius of 30 kilometres. The method developed by researchers at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich combines standard data drawn from weather stations and artificial intelligence. Lightning is one of the most unpredictable and lethal phenomena in nature. It regulary kills people and animals, sets fire to homes and forests, keeps aircraft grounded and damages power installations.