The cool waters of the Pacific Ocean, meanwhile, tend to mean few thunderstorms along the West Coast. To be able to count how much lightning is hitting the ground and where it is doing so ...

Find a low spot or depression and crouch down as low as possible, but don't lie down on the ground. Lightning can move in and along the ground surface, and many victims are struck not by bolts but ...

A study published in PNAS Nexus shows that there are almost twice as many risky days for large human-caused fires in the ...

When lightning strikes a tree, the charge doesn't penetrate deep into the ground, but rather spreads out along the ground surface in something calledground current. That makes the entire area ...

To dramatically simplify things, lightning is a massive electrical arc that's unleashed when the difference in charge between the clouds and the ground overwhelms the insulating properties of the air.

It’s a good thing there’s a rumble strip running along the shoulder ... off like a rocket from the ground. Lying within the imagery might be clues to some of lightning’s biggest mysteries.

Last year the world recorded over 2.2 billion lightning strikes, a shocking study shows. One Texas city was deemed the lightning capital of the U.S.

Ford’s F-150 Lightning is losing ground in the US with new electric pickups like the Tesla Cybertruck and Chevy Silverado EV now available. Although Ford plans to launch smaller, more affordable ...

And if Toronto stands in the Lightning’s way when it matters most in the postseason, Tampa Bay has a lot of ground to make up ... shot toward the net from along the right wall.