You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. Erika Kirk issues heartbreaking statement after judge orders Tyler Robinson to stand trial over late husband Charlie's murder Moment New Yorker is struck by lightning as he holds umbrella during thunderstorm... but is able to stagger to fetch help Terrifying USA map reveals Parkinson's explosion. State-by-state investigation uncovers disturbing pattern... and leaves experts all pointing to same culprit: Doctors warn against common lifestyle habits Husband loved to brag about his $5m mansion and private jet... but his success was as fake as his blinding white veneers. Full story behind Justin and Hailey Bieber's intense wedding exchange: He is'immature and fragile' and she'knows how to push his buttons,' say insiders who reveal'lingering childhood issues' and how she wears the pants Killer model's mask slips: Read her outrageous prison demands for hair, make-up and skimpy clothes as she languishes behind bars Americans deliver stunning verdict on Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario - as Canada trade war piles on misery ahead of the midterms Why Patrick Clancy can't face Lindsay: With jury in verdict deadlock, those closest to grieving dad reveal distressing crisis hundreds of miles away from court as he retreats to'bunker' Parents of Saylor Hayes, 5, arrested after nonverbal daughter found dead in waters near family's rental home I miraculously escaped a serial killer at 15. This is the shocking tactic I used to get away... but I'm haunted by the chilling secret he took to his grave My GOP star husband ordered me to be his'Proverbs 31' wife and made sex demands so demeaning I had to smoke weed before sleeping with him, woman tells court Is this the iPhone 18 Ultra?

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. Erika Kirk issues heartbreaking statement after judge orders Tyler Robinson to stand trial over late husband Charlie's murder Parents of Saylor Hayes, 5, arrested after nonverbal daughter found dead in waters near family's rental home Terrifying USA map reveals Parkinson's explosion. State-by-state investigation uncovers disturbing pattern... and leaves experts all pointing to same culprit: Doctors warn against common lifestyle habits Husband loved to brag about his $5m mansion and private jet... but his success was as fake as his blinding white veneers. Full story behind Justin and Hailey Bieber's intense wedding exchange: He is'immature and fragile' and she'knows how to push his buttons,' say insiders who reveal'lingering childhood issues' and how she wears the pants Americans deliver stunning verdict on Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario - as Canada trade war piles on misery ahead of the midterms Killer model's mask slips: Read her outrageous prison demands for hair, make-up and skimpy clothes as she languishes behind bars Trump'couldn't care less' if Iran returns to peace negotiations as he seeks to decimate economy and issues challenge to nation's people Why Patrick Clancy can't face Lindsay: With jury in verdict deadlock, those closest to grieving dad reveal distressing crisis hundreds of miles away from court as he retreats to'bunker' I miraculously escaped a serial killer at 15. This is the shocking tactic I used to get away... but I'm haunted by the chilling secret he took to his grave Gas station chain is stealing Domino's customers with cheap pizza - and it's now the fifth-largest pizza chain in the US Lindsay Clancy verdict'disaster': Legal experts predict nightmare ending no one saw coming Tiger Woods to change'not guilty' plea in DUI case months after Florida rollover crash Charles Darwin famously claimed that fire was the greatest of all human inventions, with the exception of spoken language.

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How pilots avoid thunderstorms--and what happens when they can't Most commercial planes get struck by lightning a couple times a year. Despite the fears of nervous fliers, radar, routing, and teamwork keep planes safe during storms. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. In the 2023 movie starring Gerard Butler, a commercial aircraft is caught in a terrible storm. The plane shakes and the lights go out.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A US astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently caught a glimpse of one of Earth's least understood atmospheric phenomena. While orbiting in the early hours of July 3, Nichole "Vapor" Ayers snapped a photo of a transient luminous event, as she passed over North America. Better known as a sprite, these atmospheric events are common after a lightning strike. Wow," Ayers posted to social media later that day along with the stunning picture.

Telecom giant NTT has developed what it describes as the world's first "flying lightning rod," or drones that will trigger lightning and redirect it safely to the ground to prevent it from striking people or vital infrastructure. In multiple field tests in the mountainous areas of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, between December and January, the company flew a drone equipped with a proprietary lightning-resistant cage to an approaching thundercloud when it noted the electric field intensity at ground level had increased, signaling an impending lightning strike. The drone, which was connected to the ground with a wire, triggered a lightning strike -- marking the first time such a feat has been achieved globally, according to NTT -- with the 2,000 volts of electric current flowing through the wire.

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In the wake of storms of the near future, swarms of drones could replace helicopters and planes, providing emergency crews with more rapid and accurate data on the coming threats of lightning-sparked bushfires or flash floods heading for homes. Authorities now rely on satellites, which require clear weather during daytime and may only provide resolution down to 10 metres. Alternatively, pilots of aircraft may burn as much as $3,400 worth of fuel an hour and often can't fly for safety reasons. Enter firms such as Sydney-based Carbonix, a developer that started out designing America's Cup racing yachts before changing tack to make drones capable of flying eight hours or longer with resolution fine enough to read words on a piece of paper. Dario Valenza, chief technology officer and founder of Carbonix, says thermal cameras on the drones could quickly verify fires started by lightning in remote regions, helping to direct fire crews to the scene "with only a few per cent of the fuel" used by conventional aircraft that might have their operations curtailed by weather.

Drought, extreme temperatures and thousands of lightning bolts each day led to the ignition of wildfires across Alaska's interior. More than 2.4 million acres have burned this year by wildfires, which is double the acreage that is typically scorched at this point in the state's wildfire season. The Alaska wildfire season typically begins in late May and ends in late July, and the National Park Services states that, on average, one million acres burn statewide each year. The blazes are being ignited by lightning strikes plaguing the state - nearly 25,000 bolts were detected between June 28 and July 4 and more than 10,000 have hit since then. There are only about 1,000 firefighters in the interior of the state who are tirelessly working around the clock to put out more than 225 fires, which are forcing hundreds of residents from their homes.

The enormous underwater volcano off Tonga last month not only caused record plumes of ash into the air, but also led to one of the largest volcanic lightning events ever seen. According to GLD360, the ground-based global lightning detection network owned and operated by Vaisala, the eruption triggered nearly 590,000 lighting strikes that were'unlike anything on record.' The lightning almost engulfed the surrounding islands in the Tonga archipelago, according to Chis Vagasky, a meteorologist at Vaisala. 'I can't imagine what the people on the islands would have been going through, with a huge ash cloud overhead, a tsunami flooding everything they own, and cloud-to-ground lightning coming down around them,' he said. 'It must have felt apocalyptic.' Ash sent spewing into the air from the massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga was photographed by International Space Station astronauts.