Already this spring, two people in the U.S. have been struck and killed by lightning, both while fishing from a boat.

As summer storm season ramps up, so does lightning danger-and with it, decades of misinformation. From showering during ...

Lightning is beautiful to watch, but it’s nothing to play around with. Each year, there are about 25 million cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service, ...

Inside a thunderstorm, warm air is forced upward in a strong updraft. As the air rises, ice and water particles collide inside the cloud, creating electrical charges. Those collisions build up ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - More active spring weather means more storms, which means more lightning. Lightning is a major cause of storm-related deaths in the US. A lightning strike can reach up to ...

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

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United States, according to an annual report from Vaisala Xweather. In ...

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States – but it may have competition. A new report by environmental consulting firm AEM found that Oklahoma was the nation’s ...