ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

There are also some other rarer, even more spectacular types of lightning: ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US ...

Lightning activity poses a significant danger throughout the year, regardless of the season. Over the past 12 months, the ...

As particles rub together from wind friction in a thunderstorm, the charges separate and static electricity develops. The negative charges or electrons separate to the bottom of the thunderstorm, ...

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...

Each year in the United States, lightning strikes an average of 300 people. A direct hit by a bolt of lightning kills about 50 people per year. Those who survive a lightning strike – with temperatures ...