A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the ...

Sheet lightning happens when an electrical charge builds up inside a cloud and flows from one cloud to another. It is a bright flash that fills the sky. Fork lightning is what we often think of ...

As we enter the severe weather season it's a good time to prepare and practice your severe weather plan whether it's at home, ...

This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...