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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a ...

Oklahoma has officially replaced Florida as the lightning capital of the United States, recording 73 cloud-to-ground ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a ...

Lightning activity poses a significant danger throughout the year, regardless of the season. Over the past 12 months, the ...

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Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...