Abstract: This paper presents a procedure for evaluation of lightning performance of overhead distribution lines. Because both voltages from direct strokes and nearby strokes may cause flashovers in ...

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study.

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study. The ...

They were looking for dead trees as well as “flashover points,” where leaves are singed as lightning jumps between trees. From there, the canopy dies back, and the tree eventually dies.

The effect is even seen when humans are struck by lightning, referred to as flashover, which can leave people with intricate surface burns on their skin called Lichtenberg figures. When lightning ...

A flash of lightning can hold 300 million volts and ... a portion of the current moves along and just over the skin surface (called flashover) and a portion of the current moves through the ...

(Screengrab) “Lightning struck a man during a football ... the current moves along and just over the skin surface (called flashover) and a portion of the current moves through the body--usually ...

"Despite other influencing factors, it might be assumed that the formation of a surface flashover across the human body is a relevant cause of how people can survive a lightning strike if they are ...

“When a person is directly hit by lightning, which carries tens of thousands of amps, the voltage across the body increases, potentially reaching millions of volts. This can cause a flashover, where ...