Lightning can strike up to 25 miles away from a storm and reach temperatures five times hotter than the sun. Meteorologist ...

Why Lightning Happens — And Why It’s So Dangerous. Meteorologist Matt Bullock explains.

While reporting during an active storm, meteorologist Tony Laubach is caught off guard when a powerful lightning bolt strikes dangerously close by in Gardner, Illinois on March 10.

Two lightning strikes near two schools in Santa Rosa Two lightning strikes, just miles apart, caused two schools in Santa Rosa to close on Tuesday. At one campus, lightning struck a massive tree ...

Scientists have successfully modeled large lightning strikes that occur on a kilometer scale in a lab setting of only a few ...

Early morning lightning strikes on Tuesday led to two schools in Santa Rosa closing down for the day, including at one site where lightning obliterated a large tree. The Woodside West School, a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United States, according to an annual report from Vaisala Xweather. In ...

Environmental technology provider AEM compiled data on U.S. lightning strikes throughout 2025, summarized in a recently published report. If Texas doesn't strike you as a very en-lightning place, ...