Although it looks thicker, a lightning bolt is typically only an inch or so in diameter. O12/Pixabay Lightning is much simpler than people realize. It’s nothing more than a brilliant, naturally ...

Lightning is a stunning part of nature, but you should know all the proper facts about lightning to stay safe. AccuWeather is here to help us debunk some of the myths about lightning. Myth: Lightning ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - As we near the end of winter, most people are excited to be done with the snow. But with the arrival of spring, also comes severe weather season. To get you prepared, Indiana ...

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 ...

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature ...

It was the terrible prospect of lightning one day striking the historic windmill that troubled Andrew Farrell. A bolt five times hotter than the surface of the sun instantly turning moisture in one of ...

This summer in California, there have been no reports of death by lightning. The odds of getting struck in the US are less ...