“The shift signals a broader surge in lightning activity across the Great Plains,” according to a new report ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you were up late Tuesday night, chances are you caught that “chaotic” storm that lit up the San Luis Obispo County sky 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 ...

Two friends in Australia had a close call with a lightning strike during a thunderstorm in Australia, and they captured the astonishing moment on video. Nick Panayiotou and Daniel Dudman were near a ...

The Aug. 12 strike blew concrete out of the ground near the Lake Michigan Filtration Plant's generator building, damaging ...

People from across the Central Coast reported hearing and seeing Tuesday night's wild thunderstorm. "There was a loud boom, boom, boom, multiple bangs. Like real loud," said Shane Hitchcock, a San ...

Thundersnow – a thunderstorm that produces snow instead of rain – is sometimes reported during winter storms in the U.S. Is ...

In Britain, lightning causes an average of two deaths a year; in South Africa, it can be well over 200. Near Pretoria over ...