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 ...

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.

The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer ... While on the road - Opt for the middle lanes and ...

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

The idea of firing an intense laser beam into a thundercloud to induce lightning and guide it back to a preferred location on the ground may sound ... discharge along a straight line of several ...

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.