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

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

A spy plane retrofitted with research equipment has discovered some very intriguing things while observing thunderstorms in the tropics. According to a new paper published by the researchers behind ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with magnets.

Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a mystery—especially the strange mechanics behind terrestrial ...

In brief: The process that creates lightning has never been precisely understood, but scientists know that ice plays a crucial role. New research into developing cold electrical components may have ...

TUCSON - It's the first week of Monsoon 2020. Naturally, lightning storms may catch residents eyes when the storms begin to roll into town. First let's talk about how lightning forms. As a ...

After a stretch of warm weather, winter is returning tonight! Temperatures will drop into the mid to upper 40s by Sunday morning, and it will be breezy. We’ll have winds from the north gusting around ...

The forecast continues to remain the same but stalled-out, so expect more rain on top of areas south and east of Columbus adding more inches of rain from showers and storms. Thursday through Friday we ...

It's Severe Weather Awareness Week across the state of Florida, and each day, Spectrum News will break down a different hazard you could face this year. On Monday, we'll the focus on lightning and how ...