A lightning bolt left a Walpole family stunned and shaken.Brian Trupiano was putting his kids to bed around 8:30 p.m. on<a ...

About 40 million lightning strikes hit the ground in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A bolt of lightning can heat up to 50,000 °F in less than a second, helping to produce a sound we know as thunder. The temperature is around five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Florida's geography makes summer one of the more dangerous seasons meteorologically, with spiking daytime temperatures that ...

Incredible storm footage has shown the moment lightning bolts split the skies over a town in the Borders. Scotland's mini-heatwave at the beginning of the weekend was replaced with heavy downpours.

BOLT ZAP HORROR I was nearly killed when I was struck by lightning while fishing on Friday 13th – I’m lucky to be alive Steve reveals how he was 'totally paralysed like having a severe stroke' ...

About 10 percent of lightning-stroke victims are killed, and 70 percent suffer serious long-term effects. About 400 people survive lightning strokes in the U.S. each year.

Every lightning strike begins as a silent exchange of charge — leaders reaching down, streamers rising up — until, in an ...

Have you ever wondered what happens to the earth when a bolt of lightning splits the sky? It’s not just a dazzling light show—lightning is ... Read more The post How Lightning Affects Soil and Plant ...

Did you know? Energy from a lightning channel heats the air briefly to around 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, much hotter than the ...