Many places where thunderstorms have happened .

A new global satellite survey of thunderstorm activity has helped

meteorologists pinpoint exactly where Earth’s hotspots

for intense thunderstorms are: the American Midwest,

Argentina , and some semi-arid regions like the edges of the

Sahara desert.

The new study, which appeared in the August issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, is “really the first

quantitative look [at thunderstorms] around the world,” said

lead author Edward Zipser of the University of Utah .

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SAKSHI RAKESH MOTVANI

SONIKA RAJESH PILLAI

AARYA JAYAKUMAR

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ASHIMA SUSAN IPE

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