Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned. Now a ...

Researchers in Germany assessed lightning risks in livestock-integrated agrivoltaic systems, identifying key injury mechanisms and establishing safe step and touch voltage limits. Their simulations ...

After a day that saw 10,000 lightning strikes across Perth, three people suffer injuries, and a pet dog killed, an expert ...

Did you know: lightning can strike the same place multiple times? For example, the Empire State Building is reportedly struck by lightning roughly 23 times per year. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — More numbers from 2025 in the world of weather are in the books. Meteorologist Adam Rutt takes a look. Though severe weather season is still several months away, we can look ...

A bolt of lightning struck a beloved redwood tree next to a Santa Rosa preschool Tuesday while thunderstorms rolled through ...

Students in Environmental Journalism class at the UF College of Journalism and Communications spent their semester reporting on the science, risks and human stories of lightning across Florida, the ...

After four years bouncing between Florida and Texas, America’s lightning capital shifted north in 2025, as a small Oklahoma community overtook longtime lightning hot spots in the South. While Florida ...

Why This Discovery Matters Beyond Curiosity Lightning strikes Earth about 50 times every second. It damages buildings, disrupts power systems, and threatens lives. A better understanding of how ...

Recent reports of multiple people being struck by lightning in Majaneng, near Hammanskraal in Gauteng, have raised renewed concern about public safety during the peak summer thunderstorm season.