Cities Birth More Thunderstorms Than Rural Areas

Hate thunderstorms? Atlanta may not be for you, as scientists recently found such hot-and-humid metros in the Southeast can birth more summer thunderstorms than rural areas.

In the study, researchers marked the location of every thunderstorm born in northern Georgia and northeastern Alabama during a 17-year period. There were nearly 26,000 thunderstorms detected between 1997 and 2013. The region the city of Atlanta, as well as country hayfields and pastures.

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