In comparison to hurricanes, the energy the average thunderstorm releases equals about 10,000,000 kilowatt-hours. That is roughly the energy equivalent of a 20-kiloton nuclear warhead. A large, severe thunderstorm might be 10 to 100 times more energetic. All of this is only a fraction of the energy generated and released by a hurricane. The kilowatt-hours equivalent from a hurricane is on the magnitude of 600 trillion. Per day.
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