As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

The current inscribes some victims’ skin with mysterious scarlike patterns called Lichtenberg figures, which resemble the ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee ranks 9th in the nation for lightning strikes, averaging nearly 2 million bolts each year. The majority of lightning strikes globally are negatively charged.

LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A Lake Saint Louis family is thankful to be alive after lightning struck their home last night, setting it on fire. The lightning strike happened in the 1000 block of Pleasant ...

“The shift signals a broader surge in lightning activity across the Great Plains,” according to a new report Getty Stock Images/Connect Images Last year, Florida was dethroned as the lightning strike ...

Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned.

A lightning strike is believed to have sparked a basement fire at an Olathe home Tuesday night. KMBC 9 is your home for Missouri breaking news and weather. For your latest Missouri news and weather vi ...

This January, lightning struck and killed a 103-year-old grandmother while she was simply handling utensils in her kitchen hut in eastern Zimbabwe. Her tragic death is a grim, personal reminder of a ...