Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun and kills up to 20 people in the United States each year, but how exactly ...

According to the National Weather Service, a "bolt from the blue" is a cloud-to-ground lightning strike that appears to come ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

As the International Space Station whizzed over Mexico and the United States — before floodwaters catastrophically rose in ...

About 10 percent of lightning-stroke victims are killed, and 70 percent suffer serious long-term effects. About 400 people survive lightning strokes in the U.S. each year.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — A bridal photo shoot Friday on Roan Mountain ended in chaos when a group was injured by a lightning strike during a sudden thunderstorm. The group, including Brianna ...

State Farm, the nation’s largest homeowners insurance provider, attributed much of the damage to ground surges from lightning strikes. 242,101,157 Lightning Bolts Spotted Over U.s.

NPS also details two different types of lightning: cold and hot. Cold lightning acts the return stroke of a lightning bolt, ...

Fire danger is high on the Flathead Indian Reservation and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire ...

Two lost hikers were struck by lightning while on the phone with a rescue team member after they reached the summit of ...

Sudden storm blew up on Marco Island near the JW Marriott Island Beach Resort then lightning struck a chickee hut with ...

Ground current: Lightning enters the body at the point closest to a strike, travels through the body and leaves at the contact point farthest away from the initial strike.