Why A ‘Bolt From The Blue’ Is So Dangerous | Weather.com

Wisconsin Dam Fails, Sending Rushing Water Through Town

Name: Why A ‘Bolt From The Blue’ Is So Dangerous
Uploaded: 2024-04-30T13:36:25.000-04:00
Duration: 30 s
Channel: The Weather Channel
Description: Most lightning strikes happen within a few miles of the thunderstorm that spawned them, but ‘bolts from the blue’ can travel much farther.

July 14, 2024

Extremely heavy thunderstorms and a dam failure brought disastrous flooding to parts of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Dam Fails, Sending Rushing Water Through Town

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