"TGFs are one of the most energetic natural phenomena in the atmosphere," Wada told Space.com. Wada's work focuses on ...

Southern California faces thunderstorms, dry lightning, and rip currents starting Tuesday. The National Weather Service warns ...

Ever sit outside on a warm summer's evening and notice flashes of lightning, but no actual rain clouds near you? This is commonly referred to as "heat" lightning. While it's not uncommon to see ...

A low pressure system will skim the Southern California coast Tuesday through Wednesday, bringing the chance of dry lightning ...

NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain were the latest to share images of lightning as seen from 250 miles above ...

About 242 million lightning flashes were recorded during 2023 in the U.S., according to a recent report by Vaisala Xweather, which tracks each stroke of lightning. That's the most in at least the ...

Some years, I photographed dozens of lightning flashes; in one year, I snapped none, even after multiple tries. With lightning photography, I’ve learned it’s feast or famine. My goal from the ...

Lightning flashes can often be seen without hearing thunder due to how far away a storm might be. Reflections from lightning flashes can be carried large distances via high-level clouds but sounds ...

The team found that in the later period, climate change may boost updraft within thunderstorms, causing hot lightning flashes to increase in frequency to about 4 strikes per second globally ...

It’s also harder to distinguish a flash of lightning against the backdrop of a bright white flurry-filled sky. (Here's what you need to know about lightning.) Yet reports of thundersnow have ...