If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right ...

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in ...

There are research facilities where he could reduce at least some of the variables by deploying the Kahuna on lightning triggered by firing rockets into storm clouds. But Samaras is dismissive of ...

The International Space Station has captured a photo of what in known as "Earth's tallest lightning". This form of lighting, ...

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In the U.S., there are typically 20-25 million cloud-to-ground lightning flashes each year. Knowing the dangers of lightning ...

Western Oregon was hit with 180 cloud-to-ground lighting strikes and saw 560 cloud-to cloud lightning flashes Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Lightning recorded in Western ...

ANOTHER GOOD PRACTICE WHEN YOU’RE OUTDOORS IS TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND LOOK FOR SIGNS OF A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM LIKE DARK CLOUDS AND FLASHES OF LIGHTNING, OR INCREASING WINDS. IF YOU HEAR ...

Mr Hines said the cloud base with dry thunderstorms sat higher in the atmosphere, and that any rain produced fell through dry air and evaporated before reaching the surface. "Dry lightning is a ...

BOM senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said there was a simple reason why lightning would sometimes strike other clouds rather than the ground. "It all comes down to the lightning wanting to ...