Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S.

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States — but it may have competition. A new report by ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US ...

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

BRADLEY BEACH, New Jersey -- Lightning on the Jersey Shore came a little too close for comfort for one teenager. He was recording the storm over Bradley Beach when he felt a bolt strike the ground ...

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature doesn’t follow our sayings. In reality, lightning plays favorites, and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 2,000 lightning strikes illuminated Southern California skies in 48 hours, mostly occurring over the ...

Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked across the Bay Area as a low pressure system passed through the region this week, bringing a spattering of rain and a cooldown that is set to end as temperatures ...

As the hot half of a topsy turvy Bay Area weather week reached its end Wednesday, the concerns over the pending volatile half eased a bit — at least in terms of what the instability may mean to fire ...

APTOS — A strong weather system along the Central Coast sent rain, rolling thunder and lightning strikes into Santa Cruz County overnight, but fire officials confirmed the following day that there was ...

Locations circled in red are the lightning attachment points near the aileron of the United 787. Credit: NTSB Properly designed and maintained bonding straps and grounding connections are vital for ...