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 thunderstorms.

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 ...

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

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.

This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what you need to know.

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 ...

The numbers became real when a Colorado man was hit by lightning in New Smyrna Beach June 20 as he stood in ankle-deep water.

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.