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A 2 km diameter thunderstorm produces 4.2 cm of rainfall in 4 hours.  What is the power...

A 2 km diameter thunderstorm produces 4.2 cm of rainfall in 4 hours.  What is the power production from latent heat of condensation of this storm, in megawatts?  A megawatt is a million watts and the average coal-fired plant in the US produces 677 megawatts.

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