Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

The locations circled in red are seal damage to the windshield caused by lightning strikes on a United Air Lines Boeing 787. Credit: NTSB The weather that existed for departure from London’s Heathrow ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Lightning is as beautiful as it is deadly. It also passes gas ...

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and vanishes before the eye adj.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Have you ever wondered why thunder can have different sounds? A crack versus a rumble? Startlingly loud versus calmingly low? Let’s dive in … The basics: what is thunder? Electrical ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a remarkable outbreak of dry lightning, a new study warns that a ...

Weather patterns channeling moisture into the state have led to an abundance of lightning strikes that have ignited hundreds of wildfires. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based reporter on ...

A lightning strike in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, caused a transformer explosion and power outages on Aug. 11. South Carolina experiences a high number of lightning strikes annually, averaging ...