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Published online 11 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070508-12
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Lightning spurs hurricanes
Link shows storms in Africa can cause havoc in the United States.
What creates an Atlantic hurricane? The most devastating ones are spurred by intense thunderstorms in the Ethiopian highlands, according to new research.
The link between lightning strikes and hurricane formation should give researchers a heads-up about when a nasty hurricane might form, weeks before it could make landfall in the United States, says Colin Price of Tel Aviv University in Israel.
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