Why lightning is increasing (VIDEO)

Another effect of the climate crisis. They will double in the next forty years.

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Lightning is increasing all over the world, also due to the effect of climate crisisAnd according to scientists, for every 2 lightning strikes today, there will be 3/4 in the next 40 years. 

The increase in lightning strikes is not a negligible phenomenon, even in terms of the deaths they cause. In America, for example, there are already 25 million lightning strikes per year, with over 100 victims e thousands of firesAn exponential increase could trigger a chain of disastrous events, further worsening weather conditions and the intensity of thunderstorms. In Italy, too, lightning causes approximately 20 deaths and around a hundred injuries each year. 

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