it helps to define what a lightning strike is. Imagine looking out a window at a thunderstorm with cloud-to-ground lightning nearby. The lightning appears to flicker. A lightning flash and is all ...

To dramatically simplify things, lightning is a massive electrical arc that's unleashed when the difference in charge between the clouds and the ground overwhelms the insulating properties of the air.

The twister quickly dissipates, leaving a spectacular lightning show. Two long bolts crisscross the sky like an electrified X,followed by a barrage of ground strikes. Samaras starts up a gasoline ...

Find a low spot or depression and crouch down as low as possible, but don't lie down on the ground. Lightning can move in and along the ground surface, and many victims are struck not by bolts but ...

More than 10 million lightning strikes have been recorded across Australia so far this year, with some causing widespread ...

Victoria, Chaska, Waconia and Excelsior fire departments responded to a house fire at 8818 Ridge Ponds Drive in Victoria yesterday. A lightning strike apparently caused the fire, according to ...

Ford’s F-150 Lightning is losing ground in the US with new electric pickups like the Tesla Cybertruck and Chevy ...

As the positive charges collect in high enough concentration, they send out small bolts of ground to air lightning called streamers. If the streamers can make contact with the step leader ...

You've probably seen lightning flash across the sky, but do you know why and how it happens? This simple science activity ...

For a while there, the Lightning were scoring goals at an unbelievable clip. And that’s not meant as a figure of speech. Somehow, the Lightning were scoring more goals than they had during the ...

Read full article: Sunday storm moves quickly, breezy with weather hazards then cooler temperatures Over 100 children attended the Highlands Regional Library for the first Preschool Palooza, which ...