Like a high-tech hammer of Thor, a powerful laser can grab hold of a lightning bolt and reroute its path through the sky. In a mountaintop experiment, such a laser bent lightning toward a lightning ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Another lightning strike at this airlift hub in western Tokyo knocked out power to the base commissary, causing the overnight loss of at least $50,000 in perishable food. The ...

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds have remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may now be solved, ...

Lightning deaths in the United States last year were at a near-record low, part of a dramatic, decadeslong decline in the number of Americans killed by lightning each year. How dramatic? Eighty years ...

At least four people were struck by lightning over a time span of roughly 24 hours on June 19 and 20 as summer thunderstorms pummeled parts of the nation. A 15-year-old boy survived being struck by ...

Last year, the U.S. saw a total lightning count of over 242 million bolts, with Florida seeing a significant amount of those strikes. Vaisala Xweather released its Annual Lightning Report, detailing ...

The Big Apple is electric! Lighting struck two of the city’s iconic skyscrapers Wednesday night as a thunderstorm pounded Manhattan. Dramatic photos captured the split-second moments lightning bolts ...

It’s hard to turn away from the dramatic spectacle of a summertime thunderstorm—brilliant flashes of pure electricity followed by a menacing rumble stirring in the clouds. But the typical lightning ...

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States — but it may have competition. A new report by environmental consulting firm AEM found that Oklahoma was the nation’s ...