It comes as no shock that a potentially new type of volcanic lightning had long eluded scientists: The bolts can be as short as about 3 feet (1 meter) long and last just a few milliseconds. But ...

Lightning is a dangerous part of any thunderstorm, but did you know there are both positive and negative lightning strikes? Lightning develops due to the buildup of charges in the top and bottom of a ...

It's one of nature's most striking regular phenomena, but you may not know that lightning can appear in many different forms. Intracloud lightning is contained within one cloud jumping between ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Most wildfires are caused by humans, and when there are humans around to start them, that usually means there are also humans close by to put them out. Lightning is only to blame ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Editor's Note: The video above is from Jan. 24. The thunderstorm earlier this week gave us a little taste of spring weather. As we get closer to experiencing more convective weather, ...

The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning ...

Heat lightning is the nickname given to the silent lightning strikes and faint flashes of light that are visible on the distant horizon on some warm, humid summer nights. To the naked eye, these ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Summertime often brings the most intense ...