The flash before the flood
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 14:56
in Health & Medicine
Flash floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, and because of their unpredictability they're the leading weather-related cause of death for Americans. They usually arrive with little or no warning, but a Tel Aviv University researcher is trying to predict where and when they will occur - - using lightning.
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