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Impact TICKER
The highway near the A single lightning bolt contains up to one billion volts of electricity.
Thompson River Valley was
washed out. People were
trapped in their cars and
buildings, with nowhere to go.
About 145 people were killed,
and businesses and houses in
the area were destroyed. The
financial loss was over forty
million dollars. This tragedy
led the authorities to focus on
better early warning systems
for flash floods in the mountain
regions and recreation areas of
the country.
The plains become HOW THUNDERSTORMS
waterlogged, as the soil LEAD TO FLOODS
is unable to soak all the
rainwater. The Big Thompson Canyon flood not only killed
people, it also ruined property. The flood demolished
418 houses and damaged another 138.
Water begins Other big ones
draining into
rivers. If there On 14 May, 2008,
is too much a severe thunderstorm
water, the river killed eighty-nine people
may burst its in the state of Uttar Pradesh in
banks and northern India. Five people in the city
cause flooding. of Mathura were struck by lightning and died.
Winds blowing at 80 kilometres per hour destroyed
buildings, uprooted trees, and caused fires. Power supply
was disrupted as winds snapped power lines. Trains also came to
a halt.
A Pan American Boeing 707 flight from Puerto Rico to
Philadelphia, US, was struck by lightning on 8 December, 1963.
The left fuel tank of the plane caught fire and triggered explosions
in the other fuel tanks. The plane then burst into flames, killing all
eighty-one people aboard.
Impact TICKER
The highway near the A single lightning bolt contains up to one billion volts of electricity.
Thompson River Valley was
washed out. People were
trapped in their cars and
buildings, with nowhere to go.
About 145 people were killed,
and businesses and houses in
the area were destroyed. The
financial loss was over forty
million dollars. This tragedy
led the authorities to focus on
better early warning systems
for flash floods in the mountain
regions and recreation areas of
the country.
The plains become HOW THUNDERSTORMS
waterlogged, as the soil LEAD TO FLOODS
is unable to soak all the
rainwater. The Big Thompson Canyon flood not only killed
people, it also ruined property. The flood demolished
418 houses and damaged another 138.
Water begins Other big ones
draining into
rivers. If there On 14 May, 2008,
is too much a severe thunderstorm
water, the river killed eighty-nine people
may burst its in the state of Uttar Pradesh in
banks and northern India. Five people in the city
cause flooding. of Mathura were struck by lightning and died.
Winds blowing at 80 kilometres per hour destroyed
buildings, uprooted trees, and caused fires. Power supply
was disrupted as winds snapped power lines. Trains also came to
a halt.
A Pan American Boeing 707 flight from Puerto Rico to
Philadelphia, US, was struck by lightning on 8 December, 1963.
The left fuel tank of the plane caught fire and triggered explosions
in the other fuel tanks. The plane then burst into flames, killing all
eighty-one people aboard.
