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

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.s. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather ...

Students in Environmental Journalism class at the UF College of Journalism and Communications spent their semester reporting on the science, risks and human stories of lightning across Florida, the ...

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.

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

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 2,000 lightning strikes illuminated Southern California skies in 48 hours, mostly occurring over the ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Two ...

Lightning strikes are common during rain and storms. Often, people are caught off guard without warning. Keeping this in mind, the IMD (India Meteorological Department) has created the DAMINI app to ...

The locations circled in red are seal damage to the windshield caused by lightning strikes on a United Air Lines Boeing 787. Credit: NTSB The weather that existed for departure from London’s Heathrow ...