Breaking down the science of lightning.

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

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States — but it may have competition. A new report by environmental consulting firm AEM found that Oklahoma was the nation’s ...

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.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — More numbers from 2025 in the world of weather are in the books. Meteorologist Adam Rutt takes a look. Though severe weather season is still several months away, we can look ...

Lea el artículo en español aquí. Lightning struck a giant redwood tree during Thursday’s rainstorm, shattering it to pieces just feet in front of Michael Valdovinos’ home. Just before 8 a.m., ...

Lightning strikes were responsible for felled redwoods that damaged a Santa Rosa school and a recycling facility and residents from Rohnert Park to Napa reported hail flurries that created ...

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 ...

Video shows a windmill burning in Stephens County, Texas after storms moved through the area Saturday. Local firefighters say lightning likely caused the fire.

“The shift signals a broader surge in lightning activity across the Great Plains,” according to a new report Getty Stock Images/Connect Images Last year, Florida was dethroned as the lightning strike ...