Experts say the burst of storm activity greatly increases the odds of dangerous encounters as lightning frequency climbs statewide.

Most people size up lightning risk by looking for dark clouds overhead, but a storm does not have to be visible, or even nearby, for a strike to be deadly. Meteorologists have long documented cloud-to ...

College football fans complained about lightning delays on Saturday, but there is a compelling reason they are implemented. They save lives.

As humans have co-existed with lightning for so long, many of us look at it as a fascination rather than for the danger it can pose. Thunderstorms do have their beauty, and our understanding of the ...

Florida has seen a 15 percent increase in lightning strikes this year, leading to six deaths across the state.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning routinely kills more people each year than tornadoes or hurricanes, according to the National Weather Service. Florida ...

Oklahoma is the new lightning capital of the US, but Florida still leads the nation in lightning fatalities. There have been 51 deaths associated with lightning in Florida between 2016 and 2025. See ...

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State’s defense had been playing with fire, but avoided the worst in its first four games. Against Alabama, the Bulldogs got scorched. MSU went into that game having given up ...

The state has seen a 15% increase in lightning strikes compared to the six-year average. Six lightning-related fatalities have occurred in Florida this year, accounting for nearly 40% of the national ...