A system of unstable air that created an overnight lightning show with thousands of strikes from the Bay Area to the Central Valley steered course toward the Sierra Nevada by Tuesday afternoon, making ...

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.

Lightning is one of nature’s most dangerous weather phenomena, and it strikes the United States roughly 25 million times each year, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). As storms become ...

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...

Locations circled in red are the lightning attachment points near the aileron of the United 787. Credit: NTSB Properly designed and maintained bonding straps and grounding connections are vital for ...