Lightning, one of the most powerful forces in nature, once was mysterious, magical and feared as the great weapon of the Gods. Ancient Greeks feared lightning as it was believed to be hurled by Zeus, the king of the Gods. For the Vikings, lightning was produced by Thor as his hammer struck an anvil while riding his chariot across the sky. American Indians believed that lightning was caused by b...

The aim of the study was to characterize patients at risk of asthma exacerbation during spring thunderstorms and identify potential measures to ameliorate the impact of those events. A case-control study was conducted among patients aged 7-60 yrs, who attended Wagga Hospital (NSW, Australia) for asthma during the period of 1 June 1997 to 31 October 1997. One hundred and eighty-three patients wh...

During the first 20–30 min of a thunderstorm, patients suffering from pollen allergy may inhale a high concentration of the allergenic material that is dispersed into the atmosphere, which in turn can induce (severe) asthmatic reactions in some cases [3–6]. Even though thunderstorms can induce severe asthma attacks or exacerbations, they are neither frequent nor responsible for a high amount of...

This paper is focuses on to determine the air masses observed during convective processes in Baku and Absheron Peninsula 2011-2020. As well as identify frequency of atmospheric phenomena by seasons years. The purpose this study weather that significantly influence safety operational activity traffic, particularly, areas aerodrome route. formation thunderstorms a particularly important meteorolo...