As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

The high-pressure system baking much of the Eastern half of the nation with extreme heat is helping spawn dangerous thunderstorms up into the Plains and Upper Midwest, resulting in at least a ...

What confused researchers was that TGFs often appeared without bright lightning flashes or strong radio signals. Some storms seemed quiet, yet they produced powerful gamma rays. The new research ...

A windmill caught fire near Breckenridge, Texas, on Saturday, Feb. 14, after thunderstorms rumbled across the state, according to officials. "The fire is believed to have been caused by a lightning ...