Our rainy spring has now stretched deep into July, so it's perhaps no surprise that we're also seeing more noisy, window-rattling thunderstorms accompanied by lightning. Just ask anyone who was at the ...

If you’ve ever been startled by a bolt of lightning without the roar of thunder or accompanying thunderstorm, you’ve probably had someone explain to you that it was just “heat” lightning. The term is ...

A man on the ground in California captured a once-in-a-lifetime video when he snagged a shot of a lightning bolt striking a plane in mid-air this week. A rare thunderstorm over San Jose provided the ...

‘There is way more going on in thunderstorms than we ever imagined.’ By Andrew Paul Published Oct 2, 2024 11:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — We’ve had three days of severe weather risks in the past two and a half weeks, a telltale sign that we’re in the midst of severe weather season. The season typically lasts from ...

On August 6, 2025, in Beijing, China, @NorthWindLevel5Or6 shared a video of lightning bolts in the sky. In the video shows a thunderstorm approaching with flashes of lightning and the sound of thunder ...

Storm-chasing NASA pilots recently spent weeks flying an aircraft not unlike a spy plane directly into thunderstorms in an effort to gain new insights about lightning and severe weather. Lightning has ...

SEATTLE — Widespread thunderstorms hit western Washington Wednesday evening. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch for King County and southward counties into Oregon expired at 9 p.m. night. Seattle-Tacoma ...