Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP By ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - With so many people being impacted by just one lightning strike Tuesday, we asked experts about some of the science behind lightning. The National Weather Service says that ...

"Thunder is impressive," Mark Twain wrote, "but it is lightning that does the work." Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes the United States about 25 million times a year. Lightning is most common during the summer, ...

Across the country, pools close when lightning is in the area. For outdoor pools, the rationale is clear: About 10 to 15 people are killed by lightning in the United States each year, and the vast ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- 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 ...

Lightning has fascinated its observers since the beginning of human history. Those who painted the Lascaux cave walls in France approximately 20,000 years ago are believed to have represented it in ...

NASA astronaut Anne McClain has delivered an extraordinary visual reminder of nature’s raw power from an uncommon vantage point — 260 miles above Earth, aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Crack! Boom! We’re entering the daily summer thunderstorm season in Florida. The clouds roll in and, with them, you sometimes see lightning in the distance. Then you hear thunder. With 50 deaths from ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical ...