A video currently making rounds on social media has left viewers stunned after showing just how narrow one driver’s escape ...

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.

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

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.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...

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 shift signals a broader surge in lightning activity across the Great Plains,” environmental consulting firm AEM said in a statement There are a number of reasons for the shift, including the fact ...

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 ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan counties had much more lightning in 2025 than an average year here in Michigan.