A massive lightning bolt strikes during a thunderstorm in Mainz, Germany. Some countries in northern Europe and near the Mediterranean Sea are particularly prone to superbolt strikes because storms' charging zones tend to be closer to the Earth's surface, a new study in JGR Atmospheres reports. Credit: Oliver Schlenczek (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu ) Superbolts are more likely to strike the closer a storm cloud's electrical charging zone is to the land or ocean's surface, a new study finds.

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