Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a ...

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

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

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...

Lightning strikes are some of the most awesome demonstrations of power on Earth. We’ve all seen trees, mountains and skyscrapers struck. But if a car is struck by lightning, then what happens?

It starts with a flash that slices through the sky. Moments later, thunder follows with a deafening rumble. You are told to stay indoors, unplug your phone, or avoid touching anything metallic. Some ...

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Lightning develops within thunderstorms when collisions between ice particles and water droplets separate electrical charges ...