Annual ground and sea lightning strikes (2001–14)

Lightning is the discharge of electricity from thunderstorms. Ground strikes can cause significant damage to property and infrastructure, and injure or kill people and livestock. Lightning is often associated with other severe weather events, such as strong wind gusts. Thunderstorms may increase in frequency and intensity with climate change. This dataset relates to the "Lightning" measure on the Environmental Indicators, Te taiao Aotearoa website.

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Field	Value
Theme
Author	Ministry for the Environment
Maintainer	Ministry for the Environment
Maintainer Email	Ministry for the Environment
Source	https://data.mfe.govt.nz/table/52587-annual-ground-and-sea-lightning-strikes-200114/
Source Created	2015-10-01T21:58:34.712901Z
Source Modified	2017-01-12T03:59:10.820369Z
Language	English
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Source Identifier	https://data.mfe.govt.nz/table/52587-annual-ground-and-sea-lightning-strikes-200114/