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

It was a colder morning than usual in Tampa Bay, but that didn’t stop the group from heading out on the water as Lightning coach Jon Cooper hosted his annual "Coop’s Catch for Kids" on Monday.

A small Oklahoma town overtook a tiny Texas community in 2025 as the U.S. lightning capital, where lightning density counts ...

Lightning activity reached an 8-year high for the US in 2025 ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan ...

Florida was not the lightning capital of the U.S. in 2025, according to report by AEM. Researchers found Oklahoma led the ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.