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 these ...

Florida led the nation with four lightning-related deaths in 2025. Experts share how to stay safe when thunderstorms approach ...

"Heat lightning" is a common term for lightning seen from a distance without hearing the associated thunder. Scientifically, there is no difference between heat lightning and regular lightning. The ...

Engineers across many disciplines are aware of and concerned with lightning—and for good reasons. A lightning strike can cause significant structural damage, house and forest fires, and severe ...

"Thunder is impressive," Mark Twain wrote, "but it is lightning that does the work." Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most ...

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of Thor in Norse mythology or Indra in Hinduism. In Australia, lightning is ...

Annoyingly, the answer is a solid “it depends.” Every year, lightning strikes many vehicles around the world. In some cases, it results in a simple burn mark on the roof, but blown-out electrical ...

The BC Wildfire Service has warned that this week could be a crucial period for firefighters in the province as conditions ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...