As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Why Lightning Happens — And Why It’s So Dangerous. Meteorologist Matt Bullock explains.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee ranks 9th in the nation for lightning strikes, averaging nearly 2 million bolts each year. The majority of lightning strikes globally are negatively charged.

Already this spring, two people in the U.S. have been struck and killed by lightning, both while fishing from a boat.

After four years bouncing between Florida and Texas, America’s lightning capital shifted north in 2025, as a small Oklahoma community overtook longtime lightning hot spots in the South. While Florida ...

The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United States, according to an annual report from Vaisala Xweather.

Thunderstorms belong to a non-exhaustive list of surprisingly mundane things that we know surprisingly little about. Last ...

Next time you're stuck in a thunderstorm, try this easy way to calculate how far away you are from lightning strikes.

The lightning strike affected the transformer and left several blocks in the area without power.

New York’s landmark One World Trade Center was struck multiple times by lightning in the early hours of Thursday, March 12, footage shows.Palna Patel captured the footage here from Jersey City, ...