Every second, roughly 44 lightning flashes crackle across the planet, a rate that adds up to about 3.8 million strikes per ...

New research has shown climate change could alter lightning patterns across Europe. This could lead to more lightning over mountains and in Northern Europe and less lightning over central Europe. The ...

A chart showing lightning distribution has been developed using color variations to show the average annual number of lightning flashes per square kilometer based on space-based optical sensor data ...

All of the lightning strikes were counted over Michigan. This count shows where we typically have the most lightning, and where we lit up the most last year. The data comes from the Vaisala U.S.

Data on lightning patterns in the Amazon show how clouds are affected by particulate matter emitted by the fires used for slash-and-burn foresting practices. These findings could be used by climate ...

ATLANTA — Lightning: It's fast, it's ferocious, and it's a common reality of summertime here in the south. In north Georgia, there is a nearly daily pattern of pop-up storms throughout the warmest ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A preliminary look at a major national weather report reveals a significant shift in U.S. lightning activity in 2025, with long-standing patterns upended and new regions emerging as ...

KCRA 3 NEWS. LISA: YOU MAY HAVE BEEN NOTICING SOME HAZE-YEAR, SMOKE-YEAR SKIES OVER THE VALLEY, THAT SMOKE IS DRIFTING IN FROM A FIRE THAT IS BURNING IN THE NORTHERN COAST OF CALIFORNIA. IT'S CALLED ...

GAYLORD, Mich. (WGN) — A round of storms on Tuesday night left behind an interesting surprise for groundkeepers at a northern Michigan resort. Groundskeepers at the Treetops Resort’s Smith Tradition ...

Lightning struck the ground at a Greater Cincinnati golf course, leaving behind a bizarre, web-like pattern. An employee at Ivy Hills Country Club in Newtown captured a video of the green last week, ...