Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

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

A small Oklahoma town overtook a tiny Texas community in 2025 as the U.S. lightning capital, where lightning density counts ...

Storms bring the risk for lightning throughout the year, but some states in the US are more prone to lightning strikes than ...

The Great Plains region, including Oklahoma and parts of Texas, is experiencing more frequent severe storms, according to a ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

Preliminary findings from the 2025 U.S. Lightning Report show a shift in lightning strike patterns, with Oklahoma overtaking ...

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As 2025 comes to an end, a review of official data highlights the grim impact of extreme weather, which claimed at least ...

A severe lightning storm in Majaneng, Gauteng, has left at least 40 injured, prompting urgent warnings from the South African ...

India recorded its eighth warmest year in 2025 since 1901, with extreme weather events killing 2,760 people, while the IMD ...