One lightning bolt. Two homes. Dozens of destroyed appliances. A single lightning strike during last week’s storms left two ...

ST. LOUIS – As climate patterns shift and extreme weather becomes more common, lightning remains one of the most powerful and unpredictable forces of nature. Lightning is fascinating to watch but ...

Many common beliefs about lightning are myths. These ideas often stem from simple observations and are passed down without ...

The locations circled in red are seal damage to the windshield caused by lightning strikes on a United Air Lines Boeing 787. Credit: NTSB The weather that existed for departure from London’s Heathrow ...

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Engineers across many disciplines are aware of and concerned with lightning—and for good reasons. A lightning strike can cause significant structural damage, house and forest fires, and severe ...

Lightning develops within thunderstorms when collisions between ice particles and water droplets separate electrical charges ...