Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. Security camera footage captured the strike on the property of Mike Smith, who was not home at the time but was ...

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Lightning strikes kill 320 million trees yearly worldwide. This causes significant carbon emissions, almost matching wildfires. The Amazon and Congo Basin are high-risk zones. Climate change increases ...

The number of trees killed could increase in the future According to their estimates, lightning kills about 320 million trees annually, accounting for 2.1% to 2.9% of all plant biomass loss annually.

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. The footage shows a bright flash and a loud explosion as the lightning bolt hits a tree on Mike Smith's property.