A woman has been killed and another left with an amputated finger from being hit debris when a tree in a backyard exploded ...

On February 3, 2025, in Victoria, Australia, a security video captured multiple lightning strikes during a severe ...

There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above ...

In 2024, Florida came in No. 1 for the number of lightning strikes per one kilometer. Orlando came in No. 1 as the city in ...

The National Weather Service issued a report at 9:15 p.m. on Saturday for strong thunderstorms until 10 p.m. for Madison ...

This inefficiency is what drives the blast of light, heat, and sound as lightning sears a branch of the atmosphere into instant plasma on its way to the ground. Lightning strikes simply because it ...

The quick heating of this air causes sound waves, or in other words, creates a sonic boom in the form of thunder. Not all lightning actually strikes the ground: some is simply exchanged between clouds ...

IT SOUNDS CHEESY, BUT WHEN THUNDER ROARS ... AVOID TOUCHING ANY PLUMBING OR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE IF LIGHTNING STRIKES THE BUILDING, IT CAN TRAVEL THROUGH PLUMBING AND THROUGH ELECTRICAL ...

People hunt for this fungus during late spring and summer, exactly when lightning strikes are most common in these mountains. Villagers often spend weeks scouring the rugged mountains for this ...

People hunt for this fungus during late spring and summer, exactly when lightning strikes are most common in these mountains. Villagers often spend weeks scouring the rugged mountains for this ...

Video / NZ Herald The news comes as MetService recorded 25 lightning strikes in the Hamilton area on Sunday. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waikato operations group director Stephanie Doe said ...

The lightning, seemingly unstoppable, struck their classroom, sending a wave of horror through the students. The shock of the ...