If you hear thunder, lightning is close enough to strike. Go indoors immediately and stay there until 30 minutes after the last thunderclap. If you can’t find shelter, avoid water, tall objects, and ...

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

Scientists who study lightning say the more they can learn, the more society can work to protect people and property from ...

Two friends in Australia had a close call with a lightning strike during a thunderstorm in Australia, and they captured the astonishing moment on video. Nick Panayiotou and Daniel Dudman were near a ...

People from across the Central Coast reported hearing and seeing Tuesday night's wild thunderstorm. "There was a loud boom, boom, boom, multiple bangs. Like real loud," said Shane Hitchcock, a San ...

If you were up late Tuesday night, chances are you caught that “chaotic” storm that lit up the San Luis Obispo County sky with thunder and lightning for most of the night. According to the National ...

The NWS Sacramento CA released an updated severe thunderstorm warning at 2:42 p.m. on Thursday in effect until 3 p.m. The ...