The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan ...

Some Ohioans got an early wake up call, from Mother Nature. At 6:50 a.m., a rare lightning strike hit in the Kent area, with ...

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 ...

At least four people were struck by lightning over a time span of roughly 24 hours on June 19 and 20 as summer thunderstorms pummeled parts of the nation. A 15-year-old boy survived being struck by ...

A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Two ...

Have you ever shuffled through your living room carpet in socks and touched a doorknob to be met with a pop! and a shock? That’s what’s happening in the clouds during a thunderstorm. Our eyes deceive ...

NASA Kennedy Space Center camera captures amazing lightning strikes near the Artemis 1 moon rocket. Credit: NASA Kennedy Space Center | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Rain sound effect courtesy ...