Lightning Strike: 15 facts you should know

  1. Lightning is a natural atmospheric electrical discharge that occurs between regions of net positive and net negative electrical charges created when warm low-pressure air rises through cold high pressure air. In Kenya, lightning strikes are prevalent during the seasons of long rains of March to May.
  2. Lightning can cause injuries through several mechanisms.  These include passage of electric current on/through body tissues; burns due to conversion of electrical to thermal energy; blunt trauma as a result of being thrown by a lightning shock wave or from shrapnel-like injuries by debris from exploded tree . . .

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