“The shift signals a broader surge in lightning activity across the Great Plains,” according to a new report ...

The bright flash of lightning and its accompanying boom of thunder are so grand that the phenomenon has indelibly etched its mark into songs, stories, and religious traditions. Perhaps part of what ...

Have you ever shuffled through your living room carpet in socks and touched a doorknob to be met with a pop! and a shock? That’s what’s happening in the clouds during a thunderstorm. Our eyes deceive ...

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...