Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Penn State-led study reveals the hidden chain reaction that starts lightning, linking electrons, X-rays, and gamma rays. (CREDIT ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a thunderstorm, tiny ice particles and small hailstones bump into each other as ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a ...

February 2-6 marks Severe Weather Awareness Week in Alabama and it’s important to learn about the different types of severe weather we can see in the state so you’re better prepared. Thunderstorms can ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Summer is in full swing and as the mercury rises, thunderstorms become more of a reality. June, July, and August are the peak months for lightning here in North Carolina. Lightning ...

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 ...

(KRON) — A swarm of lightning strikes were recorded around the Bay Area in the past 24 hours. U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Adrienne Freeman told KRON4 that there were approximately 88 ...

Thundersnow – a thunderstorm that produces snow instead of rain – is sometimes reported during winter storms in the U.S. Is ...