Thousands of lightning bolts arced over Southern California on Monday, with over 10,000 recorded across San Diego, Riverside ...

A bolt of lightning reaches a temperature approaching 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit in a split second. The rapid heating and cooling of air near the lightning causes thunder.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - An intense video recorded in South Carolina shows the moment when a bolt of lightning caused a ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — Officials believe a fire that broke out at a Southwest Florida home may have been sparked by a lightning strike. Flames ripped through the house, located along Raggio ...

At least 33 killed in lightning storms in northeast India — disaster management agency Most of the lightning victims were farmers who died while working in the fields NEW DELHI, July 18. /TASS/.

Preparing for when lightning strikes the same place twice, then strikes again Study offers new framework for improving disaster science and community preparedness Date: March 8, 2022 Source: ...

A Florida woman on Thursday became the 14th person killed by lightning this year in the United States; she was struck in a park where she had been waiting for her child to be let out from school.

In the 16 years from 2006 to 2021, 446 people died as the result of lightning strikes, an average of 28 a year. About 70% of those deaths were from June to August.

FEMA’s Risk Index ranks every U.S. county by disaster risk, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Here’s what it reveals—and how to use it.