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

More numbers from 2025 in the world of weather are in the books. Meteorologist Adam Rutt takes a look. Though severe weather ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

Storm Team 8 Chief Meteorologist Ellen Bacca explains why thunder and lightning are rarely spotted during snow storms. (Jan.

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 ...

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

Florida was not the lightning capital of the U.S. in 2025, according to report by AEM. Researchers found Oklahoma led the ...

Thunder has roared across greater Hobart this evening, bringing a surprise end to one of Tasmania’s hottest days of the ...

Florida was not the lightning capital of the U.S. in 2025, according to report by AEM. Researchers found Oklahoma led the ...

Video / Hayden Woodward Homes in Central Auckland and Mangawhai were struck by lightning, resulting in fires as thunderstorms ...