For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

Thunderstorms are often also accompanied by heightened turbulence, which can be uncomfortable and frightening for passengers, ...

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 ...

Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP By ...

Multi-ignition wildfires are not overly common. But when individual fires do converge, the consequences can be catastrophic.

When thunder roars, head indoors! Lightning is New Mexico’s deadliest weather threat, and since 1959, 90 people have died as a result of a lightning strike. Chief Meteorologist Grant Tosterud and KRQE ...

Researchers have published a new method of guiding lightning strikes using a laser. And another team of researchers developed a new test that uses dna as bait for respiratory viruses like COVID-19.

A recent India-wide study reveals that powerful lightning strikes can temporarily disturb the ionosphere, affecting the accuracy of satellite navigation and radio communication.

Cuts in sulfur emissions from oceangoing vessels have been tied to a reduction in lightning stroke density along heavily ...

Students in Environmental Journalism class at the UF College of Journalism and Communications spent their semester reporting on the science, risks and human stories of lightning across Florida, the ...