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

After a day that saw 10,000 lightning strikes across Perth, three people suffer injuries, and a pet dog killed, an expert ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

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

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 ...

Lightning is an essential part of nature—balancing Earth’s electrical charge by transferring negative energy back to the ground. But it can also be fatal. That’s especially true in Florida, where ...

Researchers in Germany assessed lightning risks in livestock-integrated agrivoltaic systems, identifying key injury mechanisms and establishing safe step and touch voltage limits. Their simulations ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oklahoma has officially replaced Florida as the lightning capital of the United States, recording 73 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per square mile last year. According to an ...

A bolt of lightning struck a beloved redwood tree next to a Santa Rosa preschool Tuesday while thunderstorms rolled through ...

(KRON) — A swarm of lightning strikes were recorded around the Bay Area in the past 24 hours. U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Adrienne Freeman told KRON4 that there were approximately 88 ...