Each year, there are millions of lightning strikes in the United States. These strikes can be dangerous with about 20 people dying each year from being struck, and hundreds more severely injured. So ...

Most lightning flashes start within a cloud, and a channel forms to move an electrical charge from a cloud to the ground. When the channel gets within about 100 yards from the ground, objects on ...

Wildfires have become a growing concern for many regions around the world. While there are various causes for these fiery outbreaks, one of the most intriguing and natural causes is lightning strikes.

A strange “red lightning ” phenomenon photographed from near a lake site in the southern Tibetan plateau in 2022 was driven ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by some 44 bolts of lightning each second, on average. Despite this, ...

Can you guess which of New Jersey's 564 municipalities experienced the highest density of lightning events last year?

The Williamson County Sheriff Department posted that lightning struck a family's Ford Edge as it was traveling along IL-13 in ...

Trees struck by lightning may not need to be removed ... At the same time, positive charged ions are forming on the ground under the cloud and following it. As the positive charges build under ...

At least 100 people have been killed in the past 24 hours across three northern Indian states due to intense thunderstorms ...

Skygazers and scientists have long wondered what causes sprite lightning. They knew it occurred in Earth's upper atmosphere, or mesosphere, unlike the low cloud-to-ground lightning most of us ...