A Texas wind turbine that reportedly caught fire due to a lightning strike sent columns of black smoke rising high into the ...

A major snow storm hitting the northeast U.S. has been captured in satellite imagery.

The skies put on a lightning show for Santa Barbara on Tuesday night with 54 strikes in one hour recorded by the National Weather Service. Credit: Mike Eliason photo Rain and lightning illuminated the ...

Positive lightning makes up less than 5% of strikes, but it can be up to 10 times more powerful.

Breaking down the science of lightning.

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 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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When most people think of lightning, they picture bright flashes in the sky or the rumble of thunder that follows. But lightning does more than put on a show during storms: it helps ...

If you were up late Tuesday night, chances are you caught that “chaotic” storm that lit up the San Luis Obispo County sky with thunder and lightning for most of the night. According to the National ...

A Texas wind turbine caught fire due to a lightning strike on Saturday. The video shows black smoke rising high in the sky as ...