What will happen to tens of thousands of lightning strikes in California in 72 hours?

August 19 news, within 72 hours, California suffered nearly 1 1000 lightning strikes, resulting in more than 300 fires, a large number of houses were destroyed and thousands of people were forced to evacuate.

According to ABC19, a large number of lightning strikes caused California firefighters to be busy fighting fires in the whole state. California Governor newsome has declared a state of emergency and called for more personnel and equipment to put out fires from the ground and air.

"What happened in the last 72 hours has undoubtedly exhausted California's resources," newsome said at a news conference on June 5438+09. When the fire broke out, California was experiencing an unprecedented heat wave, and the temperature exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (about 37.7 degrees Celsius) this Sunday.

Rahn, head of California forestry and fire department, said that since August 17, California * * * has suffered more than 10849 lightning strikes, which triggered 367 new fires. Although no deaths were reported, it was reported that many people were injured when trying to escape from the fire.

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Emergency points of lightning weather:

1, the hot weather and the afternoon thunderstorm increase the probability of electric shock accidents. Electric shock accidents are prone to occur in summer. First, because the weather is hot and rainy, the human body secretes a lot of sweat, so it is easy to conduct electricity when using electrical appliances. In addition, due to the increase of thunderstorms, we should also pay attention to lightning protection outdoors to avoid electric shock accidents.

2, pay attention to close the doors and windows, indoor personnel should stay away from doors and windows, water pipes, gas pipes and other metal objects.

3. Turn off household appliances and unplug the power plug to prevent lightning from invading from the power cord.

4. When you are outdoors, you should avoid it in time and don't stay in the open field. When there is nowhere to hide in the open field, try to find a low-lying place (such as a pit) to hide, or squat down immediately to reduce the height of your body.

5. Stay away from isolated trees, towers, telephone poles and billboards.

6. Immediately stop outdoor swimming, boating, fishing and other water activities.

7, such as outdoor * * * people, don't squeeze each other, in case of current conduction after being struck by lightning.

China Net-Thousands of people were forced to evacuate 72 hours after being struck by lightning in California.