Yes, That Lightning Is Going Up, Not Down - Videos from The Weather Channel

Yes, That Lightning Is Going Up, Not Down - Videos from The Weather Channel

When electrical charges build up in the atmosphere, they need to discharge that energy. When they do it is rapid and that is how we get lightning, but it doesn’t always seem to come from the cloud to the ground, sometimes it is in reverse. Here is the science behind it. - Videos from The Weather Channel

The Icelandic Meteorological Office estimates that several hundred lightning strikes have struck Iceland in the past 24 hours. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has not received any reports of damage due to lightning, but some damage did occur due to the weather yesterday.

From Iceland — Numerous Lightning Strikes In Southern Iceland Yesterday

Thunderstorms swept across Iceland Sunday as an unstable air mass moved across the country, bringing with it an unusually high number of lightning strikes, reports RÚV. Residents in southern Iceland witnessed lightning throughout the day, with thunder and flashes becoming particularly noticeable in the southwest during the afternoon before moving eastward. Marcel de Vries, a meteorologist at the Icelandic MetOffice, said there was no precise cou…