New research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters showed that the plume emitted by the Hunga Volcano eruption in 2022 created the highest lightning flash rates ever recorded on Earth, more than any storm ever documented.
“The eruption of Hunga Volcano was the largest volcanic explosion since Krakatau in 1883,” said Sonja Behnke, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Electromagnetic Sciences and Cognitive Space Applications group and author on the paper.
Powerful volcanic eruptions produce ash plumes that can create their own weather systems, providing the conditions for…
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