Lightning bolts travel at speeds of up to 60,000 miles per second. A single lightning bolt is about 50,000°F or 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun About 71.4286% of all people struck by lightning still survive. The maximum distance...

It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. 100,000 of those can be felt, and 100 of them cause damage. The largest recorded earthquake was a 9.5 quake in Chile in 1960. Animals do appear to detect some...

Hurricane season lasts June 1 through November 30. It is rare, but hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic as early as March or as late as December. The average life of a hurricane is 9 days. Florida has had more hurricanes than any other state....