A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping you see lightning in a new way.

" It's one of those phrases people use to describe rare events or unlikely coincidences. The idea feels intuitive – what are ...

A system of unstable air that created an overnight lightning show with thousands of strikes from the Bay Area to the Central Valley steered course toward the Sierra Nevada by Tuesday afternoon, making ...

Lightning strikes from dry thunderstorms lit up parts of the Bay Area Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service said there were roughly 5,000 lightning strikes in parts of the East Bay and the ...

Lightning strikes are some of the most awesome demonstrations of power on Earth. We’ve all seen trees, mountains and skyscrapers struck. But if a car is struck by lightning, then what happens?

In October 1998, a shocking occurrence took place during a football match in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A bolt of lightning struck the pitch and resulted in the loss of the lives of 11 players ...

The locations circled in red are seal damage to the windshield caused by lightning strikes on a United Air Lines Boeing 787. Credit: NTSB The weather that existed for departure from London’s Heathrow ...

(FOX40.COM) — Thunderstorms have produced thousands of lightning strikes in California since Sunday, resulting in some fires. FOX40 spoke with Cal Fire Unit Chief Brian Estes on Monday afternoon in ...