It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

Fires sparked by Labor Day lightning storms brought a jolt of activity to California’s fire season, which has been ...

When lightning splits off like this, there's a chance it will strike the ground in multiple places. Credit: Felix Mittermeier/Unsplash Although the likelihood of a human being hit by lightning is ...

When summer monsoons bring thunderstorms to Southwest Colorado, lightning bolts can come fast and furious. Justin Moore, assistant manager of the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center made the ...

Thundering booms could be heard across much of South County on Wednesday evening as the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario swept across Southern California. The storm brought with it the threat of ...

Scott Butner, a retired PNNL scientist-turned-landscape photographer, has chased lightning storms much of his life.

After lightning sparked fires across the Sierra Nevada foothills, evacuations were ordered for several communities along Highway 4. Related Articles Is Cal Fire’s forest management undermining ...

We've all heard the popular phrase: "Lightning never strikes in the same place twice." But data shows that this isn't entirely accurate. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Whenever Florida State University meteorology professor Henry Fuelberg is at home and there’s a thunderstorm, he likes to sit in a rocking chair on his covered front porch, watching the lightning and ...

A comprehensive map of lightning strikes on the UK and Ireland over the last 12 years has been produced by experts at the University of Portsmouth to help weather forecasters, local councils and ...

Those two fires were among 22 in the TCU September Lightning Complex, in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties. On Wednesday, six ...