With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: as a thunderstorm moves through an ...

Rebekah Prevost was hit by a lightning strike while running from her vehicle to her home that afternoon. She did not make it ...

On June 28, 2025, in Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA, @davemchugh shared a video capturing a gloomy day with dark clouds forming ...

Despite having fewer storms than many other states, Michigan still sees many cases of people being struck by lightning.

Every lightning strike begins as a silent exchange of charge — leaders reaching down, streamers rising up — until, in an ...

Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms brought flooding and street closures to areas near I-44 and along and east of Hwy. 65 on ...

Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun and kills up to 20 people in the United States each year, but how exactly ...

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — A person was struck by lightning in Iredell County on Wednesday. The incident happened on Branton Road ...

Lightning strikes the U.S. 25 million times a year. Lightning fatalities are more frequent in July. When thunder threatens ...

While lightning is fascinating to watch, it is also extremely dangerous. This week is National Lightning Safety Awareness Week and is designed to remind all of us what to do when thunder roars.

In actuality, lightning can strike many miles from the cloud from which it was discharged ... via radar during thunderstorms ...