Lightning strikes can convert some nitrogen into a bioavailable form.

雷电能将部分氮气转化成一种可用的生物形式。

Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 times a year.

帝国大厦每年大概会被闪电击中500次。

Lightning strikes the earth about 350 million times per year, averaging out to eleven strikes a second.

地球上每年会发生3.5亿次闪电，平均每秒11次。

Residents continue to insist these are not lightning strikes.

当地居民始终坚称他们看到的并非闪电。

Wow. A lightning strike usually lasts less than a second?

哇。闪电通常持续不到两秒？

When lightning strikes it quickly heats the air around it.

当闪电产生时，它会迅速加热周围的空气。

They appear as a ring-shaped halo around a lightning strike.

它们看起来像是雷击周围的环状光环。

Schweitzer said lightning strikes could start more fires in dry forests.

史怀哲说，雷击可能会在干燥的森林中引发更多火灾。

However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side.

然而，突然间雷电袭来将船击沉了。

They are usually caused by a bird or lightning striking the window.

这种情况通常是由鸟或闪电击中玻璃引起的。

What happens if double lightning strikes are observed from different perspectives?

如果从不同的角度观察到两次闪电会怎样？

Weather data recorded about 45,000 lightning strikes in two hours' time.

气象数据显示，两小时内约有 4.5 万次雷击。

It was during the campaign that we had effectively political lightning striking twice.

在竞选期间，我们实际上遭遇了两次政治冲击。

Officials in South Florida say a lightning strike hurt three firefighters on Tuesday.

据南佛罗里达官方表示，三名消防员于周二遭雷击。

If lightning strikes, you don't want it to be on anything electrical.

如果（发生）雷击，你不希望它在任何电器上。

Officials say some of the fires started naturally when lightning struck drought affected forest.

有官员表示，雷电袭击受干旱影响的森林时，自然会发生一些火灾。

It is safe to touch a lightning strike victim.

触碰雷击受害者是安全的。

Knowing where lightning strikes and how often reveals the most lightning-rich places on Earth.

闪电的地点和频率揭示了地球上闪电最多的那些地方。

The disaster is believed to have initially been caused by lightning strikes.

这场灾难被认为最初是由雷击引起的。

By doing so, you know the danger from a lightning strike has truly passed.

通过这样做，你知道雷击的危险已经真正过去了。