As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked across the Bay Area as a low pressure system passed through the region this week, bringing a spattering of rain and a cooldown that is set to end as temperatures ...

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.

Lightning is a powerful force, one seemingly capable of great destruction in the right circumstances. It announces itself with a searing flash, followed by a deep rumble heard for miles around.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee ranks 9th in the nation for lightning strikes, averaging nearly 2 million bolts each year. The majority of lightning strikes globally are negatively charged.

SEATTLE — Lightning ignited a dozen new wildfires in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest over the weekend. The fires, which span from areas near Leavenworth, Cle Elum and Winthrop, are all fairly ...