Lightning can also sometimes flash from the ground to the cloud when electrical charges build up at the surface and connect ...

A large team of chemists at Harvard University has found evidence suggesting that cloud-to-ground lightning strikes may have helped generate some of the building blocks needed for life on Earth to ...

Experts say tens of millions of lightning bolts (cloud-to-cloud and ground strikes) every year across Florida.

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 ...

BIG COUNTRY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – On the evening of April 1, 2026, a line of storms moved through Abilene, bringing damaging wind gusts, large hail, a couple of tornado warnings, and plenty of ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Mark: "I recently saw a video of upward lightning in Oregon. How and why ...

It's been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

Severe storms sparked a grass fire as lightning struck dry ground in Channing, Texas, on July 10. Footage filmed by storm ...

The only detected lightning strike to hit the ground in the Pasir Ris Beach area on July 5 – the one that killed a ...