"Thunder is impressive," Mark Twain wrote, "but it is lightning that does the work." Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most ...

Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but for natural phenomena, the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s) ...

Lightning strikes south of Badger Mountain on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, as seen from the parking garage at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. Courtesy Scott Butner A Richland-based photographer ...

Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked across the Bay Area as a low pressure system passed through the region, bringing a ...

The unsettled weather that has brought thunder and lightning since late July has generated more than 3,300 lightning strikes in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest — and nearly 32,000 across strikes ...