Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

While they are referred to as upper atmospheric lightning, the only thing red sprites have in common with the typical form of ...

Thanks to Harriet Rix and her sublime book, The Genius of Trees, I have seen and relished the world the day before the ...

Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a storm, so if thunder roars, go indoors. If you’re inside, lightning threats are still possible.

Twenty people, including 12 children, were injured by a single lightning strike at a South Carolina park. The lightning struck on a hot, sunny day with a lone passing storm cloud. The National ...

Women knocked unconscious on beach after near-direct hit by lightning See meteorologist tips and warnings for when inclement weather strikes.

A Cincinnati man captured a rare and fascinating scene of rainbow lightning on June 18, which was caused by the combination of rain, sunlight, lightning-producing thunderstorms, and the viewer&#821… ...

20 injured in lightning strike at South Carolina beach The lightning struck on what was an otherwise “super hot and sunny” day, though a storm cloud did pass over the area, a Lexington County ...

“It’s incredibly rare to have lightning strikes, especially that. Close together, residents in the area reported hearing five large loud thunder booms in the area,” he said.

VIENNA, Va. (WUSA) - In a rare event, firefighters said a townhome was struck twice during a storm. “Caller advises the house was struck by lightning and the house is filling with smoke,” a dispatcher ...