The study published last month in the science journal, Nature Physics, explains how ice can produce electricity, similar to ...

The odds of being hit by lightning in any given year are less than one in a million, but one expert says that number may be ...

Lightning strikes are some of the most awesome demonstrations of power on Earth, and the results can range from mild to destructive.

Scientists have uncovered how invisible bursts of gamma rays inside thunderstorms may spark lightning, offering new insights ...

Staff at the Sanford Underground Research Facility describe their defensive plan that keeps the science below safe from ...

Nearly half of the flight crews observed no significant adverse weather on the weather radar at the time of the lightning ...

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

When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires — some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be ...

More than a dozen new recent wildfires ignited across the Cascades from lightning strikes. See size, containment and air ...

A food waste recycling plant that suffered a major gas explosion when it was hit by lightning has had a proposal to improve ...