The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times - Copyright AFP/File Kena Betancur The crater of ...

Nature offers many dazzling displays, from jagged flashes of lightning to radiant sunsets. But perhaps one of the most ...

Across the country, pools close when lightning is in the area. For outdoor pools, the rationale is clear: About 10 to 15 people are killed by lightning in the United States each year, and the vast ...

Answer: “ Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” — Mark Twain Lightning is a flow of electrical cur rent between something with one charge (usually neg ative) ...

MISSOULA. Mont. — Thunderstorms have been developing each afternoon across western Montana, and some of them produced plenty of lightning. In the video above, Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs breaks down ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — After a soggy week in the Coastal Bend, not only did we see some heavy downpours but we saw some thunderstorms roll through too. What follows behind thunder? Of course, it's ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lightning is one of the most powerful and dangerous natural phenomena on Earth. A giant spark of static electricity, lightning serves as a type of “neutralizer” for electric charges ...

Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but for natural phenomena, the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s) ...

FILE-- @vic_h_miranda photographed the lighting over the Golden Gate Bridge with several other photographers. FILE-- Lightening is shown near the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2017 ...

Colorado gets a lot of lightning. A half million strikes per year hit the centennial state. On average, two people die and 12 are injured each year from lightning in Colorado, according to National ...