Nature-phobes might think they have it made living in a city, but a recent study by scientists at Princeton University indicates that at least one aspect of the natural world--thunderstorms--might actually be stronger in urban environments. Modeling done by graduate student Alexandros Ntelekos and Professor James Smith indicates that a thunderstorm that hit Baltimore in 2004 dropped 30 percent more rainfall on the area than would have fallen if the city had not been there.

Although previous research has shown higher rainfall totals over long periods of time in urban environments, scientists lacked the technology to reach definitive conclusions about specific storms. The ...

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