According to the National Weather Service, lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun and can reach temperatures around 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The NWS also says that lightning strikes the ...

A lightning strike caused a wind turbine in Breckenridge to catch fire, officials said.

Two schoolgirls and a dog walker have been struck by lightning in Western Australia as fierce thunderstorms rolled over Perth ...

Positive lightning makes up less than 5% of strikes, but it can be up to 10 times more powerful.

Breaking down the science of lightning.

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

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

A nationwide lightning report shows Texas ranked No. 1 in total flashes and thunderstorm hours last year. Here's where ...

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 ...

Lightning strikes were responsible for felled redwoods that damaged a Santa Rosa school and a recycling facility and residents from Rohnert Park to Napa reported hail flurries that created ...

An elementary school in Santa Rosa is closed Tuesday after a lightning strike knocked out power at the campus, according to the Sonoma County Office of Education.