Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long, horizontal streaks of spider lightning below the base of a storm cloud in the Arizona desert in 2008. “We call it megaflash ...

In the last nine years alone, Florida has reported 51 deaths by lightning, accounting for roughly 1/4 of all national ...

A better understanding of how lightning begins could improve storm forecasting and risk assessment. This research also improves knowledge of atmospheric radiation. Gamma rays and X-rays from storms ...

Lightning is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States. Understanding the risks and knowing what to do can help prevent injuries and save lives. Lightning can strike several ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...

Lightning strikes south of Badger Mountain on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, as seen from the parking garage at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. Courtesy Scott Butner A Richland-based photographer ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...