"Heat lightning" is a common term for lightning seen from a distance without hearing the associated thunder.

A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently found that the strength difference between two very high-frequency radio pulses in lightning is closely related to the altitude of the ...

The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

Unusual mammatus clouds form along powerful storm anvils, signaling strong atmospheric conditions across Florida skies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massive storm clouds lit up with constant lightning as severe weather swept across parts of Kansas overnight, triggering tornado ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Editor's Note: The video above is from Jan. 24. The thunderstorm earlier this week gave us a little taste of spring weather. As we get closer to experiencing more convective weather, ...

We have published several articles explaining that close encounters between jets and lightning occur every now and then around the globe, usually causing little to no damage at all to the planes.

Kolkata: A squall with wind speeds reaching 75 kmph swept through the city on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a hailstorm ...

In a first-of-its-kind observation, researchers from the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center have documented a unique event that occurs in clouds before a lightning flash happens. Their ...