As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning strikes near St. George, Utah. jerbarber/iStock/Getty Images Plus It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and ...

Do you live in a lightning hotspot? A new set of maps shows just where all that discharged electricity makes contact with the ground across the United States each year. Tip: If you're worried about ...

CONNERSVILLE, Indina — A person believed to be a worker at a city pool near the Fayette County Free Fair was nearly struck by lightning Thursday night that touched ground near where he was walking or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lightning safety expert recently told AccuWeather that it's dangerous to take a shower during a thunderstorm, because water ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: as a ...

But due to a much more densely-packed population, the ability to enjoy the outdoors year-round, and the fact that we are surrounded by water, more people are killed by lightning in Florida than in any ...

Shocking footage out of South Carolina showed a transformer being struck by lightning and exploding into a fireball, startling nearby drivers. Brian Kilmeade aired the footage from the town of Mount ...

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. Security camera footage captured the strike on the property of Mike Smith, who was not home at the time but was ...

Chris Vagasky previously worked for Vaisala, owner-operator of the National Lightning Detection Network It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you ...