“The shift signals a broader surge in lightning activity across the Great Plains,” according to a new report ...

The most electrified place in the country is no longer the Sunshine State. New data for 2025 shows that Florida has been ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather ...

The United States has a new lightning champion. Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning capital, ...

Lightning activity poses a significant danger throughout the year, regardless of the season. Over the past 12 months, the number of lightning strikes across the United States has hit its highest level ...

Nothing and no one has been able to stop the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Few things scare hikers more than lightning above the tree line. Serious injuries are rare, but hikers have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials on the scene where two hunters and their dogs were found after being struck by lightning in Florida. (Highlands County ...