This book highlights the basic information about lightning. It is an unpredictable disaster
and it is an extremely complex electrical discharge phenomenon. A complete theory of lightning
does not exist till now. This book elaborates on the basic formation of lightning
terminologies related to lightning and the preliminary lightning theory. There are different
types of lightning such as cloud flashes ground flashes (both positive and negative) and air
discharges. This book explains some unusual events related to lightning and inspects
innovation. This book also describes the measurement of electric and magnetic fields generated
by lightning which are the basic parameters for lightning fundamentals.