Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S.

Florida has been unseated as the lightning capital of the U.S. and Texas became the nation’s hotspot for storm intensity last ...

Overall, AEM's Earth Networks Total Lightning Network® detected nearly 430 million lightning pulses within 88.4 million lightning flashes across the U.S. in 2025, a 9.8% increase from the prior year.

A 515-mile-long lightning flash from Texas to Missouri in 2017 has been named the world’s longest electrical bolt thanks to U.S. satellite imagery displacing a past record-holder as climate change ...

Dehradun: Lightning -- long seen as a routine monsoon hazard -- has emerged as India's \"deadliest natural disaster\" mainly due to climate change and h.

Lightning flashes streak across the sky in the German countryside. One large flash is mostly horizontal, another one is vertical. Sometimes lightning bolts can stretch hundreds of miles horizontally.

Pitt County Government will recognize Lightning Safety Preparedness Week Sunday through June 28 to promote community awareness and safety measures. The campaign “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!” is ...

A thunderstorm is formed from a combination of moisture, rapidly rising warm air, and a force capable of lifting air such as a warm and cold front, a sea breeze or a mountain. All thunderstorms ...

Tuesday is the final day an outreach center will be open for people and businesses affected by the TCU September Lightning Complex Fires in Tuolumne County to get in-person assistance on applying for ...