A single lightning bolt heats the air around it to roughly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit in a fraction of a second, a temperature ...

"Heat lightning" is a common term for lightning seen from a distance without hearing the associated thunder. The reason ...

Inside a thunderstorm, warm air is forced upward in a strong updraft. As the air rises, ice and water particles collide inside the cloud, creating electrical charges. Those collisions build up ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with magnets.

If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right over the busiest shipping lane in the world. As it turns out, the ...

Florida leads the nation in lightning fatalities. Here’s how to stay safe as lightning activity picks up this rainy season.