Lightning is a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. Lightning kills and injures between 75 and 100 people every year - more than hurricanes or tornadoes. The highest death toll from a lightning strike was in 1971 when a passenger airline flying over the Amazon rainforest was hit by lightning, causing it to crash, killing 91 people on board.

閃電是由雷雨產(chǎn)生的一種強(qiáng)放電現(xiàn)象。每年因閃電而受到死傷的人數(shù)達(dá)75到100，超過(guò)了颶風(fēng)或龍卷風(fēng)的受害人數(shù)。死亡人數(shù)最高的一次是1971年，當(dāng)時(shí)一架客機(jī)飛越亞馬遜雨林時(shí)受閃電襲擊墜毀，導(dǎo)致飛機(jī)上91死亡。