Ice-Filled Storm Clouds Pack Lots of Lightning

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WASHINGTON - Poet Robert Frost once pondered whether the world would end in fire or in ice. Weather researchers say where you find ice you find fire - at least in the form of lightning.

Whether the storm was over land, ocean or coastal areas, clouds with more ice produced more lightning, researchers studying satellite radar images report in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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Ice-Filled Storm Clouds Pack Lots of Lightning

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