Each year, there are millions of lightning strikes in the United States. These strikes can be dangerous with about 20 people dying each year from being struck, and hundreds more severely injured. So ...

The effect is both awe-inspiring and alien. Skygazers and scientists have long wondered what causes sprite lightning. They knew it occurred in Earth's upper atmosphere, or mesosphere, unlike the ...

Lightning causes electric currents along the top of the ground that can be deadly over 100 feet away. Stay away from isolated tall trees, towers or utility poles. Lightning tends to strike the ...

Lightning hit a home in Burleson, sparking a house fire as thunderstorms moved through the area early Saturday morning, ...