Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning strikes near the Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ...

Florida has been unseated as the lightning capital of the U.S. and Texas became the nation’s hotspot for storm intensity last year, according to preview of a new report.

A super-sized lightning bolt struck scientists as something special. Now, researchers have confirmed that a lightning strike from 2017 has broken a world record. A single flash of lightning that ...

Lightning is a powerful force, one seemingly capable of great destruction in the right circumstances. It announces itself with a searing flash, followed by a deep rumble heard for miles around.

As humans have co-existed with lightning for so long, many of us look at it as a fascination rather than for the danger it can pose. Thunderstorms do have their beauty, and our understanding of the ...

MIAMI — In June, a 15-year-old was standing under a tree in Central Park in New York City when it was struck by lightning. The electrical current transferred from the tree to his chain necklace, ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a ...

Who says lightning doesn’t strike twice? A local photographer captured lightning striking One World Trade Center during Monday’s torrential downpour — and it wasn’t the first time. Max Guliani, 34, ...

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 ...

They say lightning never strikes twice. But in recent days it seems to be striking again and again — to deadly effect. On Wednesday, the Norwegian Ski Federation announced that Olympic skier Audun ...