Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always ...

Thunder and lightning are scary enough when you're on the ground, but when you're thousands of feet up in the air, it's on a ...

The outcome can vary widely based on not just the type of car, but also the type of lightning. Normally, air insulates the electrical charges in clouds from those on the ground. But according to ...

Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

Eastern Massachusetts likely sees no risk of lightning during this weekend ... Temperatures should might be in the low 60s, with cloud cover likely keeping conditions cool compared to Friday ...

You see lightning in the distance and wait for thunder ... If you’re in the right spot, a shield of clouds may reflect some of the light closer to you than if there weren’t clouds.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes the United States ...

and thus cannot form thunder clouds, says Douglas Herman, senior geographer at the National Museum of the American Indian. But as climate change brings moister, warmer air to the area, lightning ...

While lightning is a very interesting phenomenon to watch, it is very dangerous. Lightning strikes can cause up to 47 deaths ...

Their new “drone-triggered lightning” technique involves flying a protected drone into position of an approaching storm cloud and actively triggering a strike, the discharge of which can then ...

All lightning is generated by a difference in electrical charges, be it between clouds or between the cloud and the ground. Heat lightning is what people often call the lightning from a distant storm.