WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Lightning is beautiful in the sky, but it can be deadly on the ground. This summer, it seems as though pop-up thunderstorms have been all too common across Southeastern North ...

Our planet is crackling with more electrical energy than ever before. Scientists worldwide are documenting an alarming trend ...

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, dry thunderstorms — storms with little to no rain — set off thousands of lightning strikes across California’s Central Valley and Bay Area. Those storms sparked ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Monday’s thunderstorms across Southern California sent thousands of lightning bolts arcing through the skies, with hundreds of them making contact with the ground. The National Weather ...

DALLAS — A lightning flash from East Texas back in October 2017 has been certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Lightning has been seen on other planets in the solar system, in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. Because Mars is cold ...

A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. CREDIT: Photo by Liu Wei/Xinhua via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

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?