There are two main types of lightning found on Earth: ...

You’re relaxing in your lawn chair outside during a warm summer night after a hot and humid afternoon when you notice a distant flash of light in the sky. It occurs ...

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

It's one of nature's most striking regular phenomena, but you may not know that lightning can appear in many different forms. Intracloud lightning is contained within one cloud jumping between ...

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:19:31 GMT — The following web story is a direct transcription from the National Weather Service regarding lightning awareness week. This is the second of a five part series on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week and The ...

Last night, thunderstorms raced across Southern Michigan, producing heavy rain and prolific lightning as they did so. One thing in particular that was unique about these storms was the lightning, ...

Severe weather season in Texas has arrived and San Antonio is bracing for a couple of stormy days on the horizon this week. Knowing how thunderstorms develop and identifying cloud formations can help ...