The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 3:06 p.m. on Friday in effect until 3:45 p.m. for ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and ...

For nearly a century, pilots have reported seeing mysterious red flashes above thunderstorms, initially dismissed as myths.

Getting inside a sturdy structure or at least an automobile is the best move when thunder roars, but just not being in water or being the tallest object around is a good start.

THERE YOU Another round of thunderstorms is in the forecast for the Sierra Wednesday. The rest of Northern California will ...

Every lightning strike begins as a silent exchange of charge — leaders reaching down, streamers rising up — until, in an ...

A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Tuesday at 4:20 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 4:45 p.m. for ...

Michael Peterson, an applied physicist at the Severe Storms Research Center at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, is one of ...

I do not know about you, but vivid lightning strikes can be terrifying—especially when you are caught outside. Fortunately, ...

The National Weather Service issued an updated severe thunderstorm warning at 3:14 p.m. on Monday in effect until 4 p.m. for ...

Strange lightning-strike rashes? Exploding trees? A lake that's a lightning magnet? These lightning facts will, well, shock ...

That’s why it took scientists by surprise when dozens of lightning strikes were detected within 300 nautical miles of the North Pole this past weekend. In fact, it was so unusual that it was ...