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

There are also some other rarer, even more spectacular types of lightning: ...

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina, sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called "heat lightning." Other WRAL Top Stories It wasn't until ...

Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you ...