When lightning occurs, a large discharge of electricity causes the surrounding air to vibrate as it passes through the atmosphere to the surface.
After rounds of thunderstorms delivered much-needed rain to southern Wisconsin early Monday through mid-day, more storms are possible from the…
WAUPUN — Lightning Friday morning is a possile cause of a garage fire in Waupun.
As hot, humid conditions gripped much of the East Coast on Aug. 25, thunderstorms provided some temporary relief in some places.
Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilde…
From Illinois to Minnesota and surrounding states, thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail, lightning and winds on Tuesday.
True or false? Lightning can only strike under a thunderstorm. The answer is false. You can still get struck by lightning even when the storm …
From the Midwest to the Northeast, across the Great Lakes, severe storms brought heavy rain, gusty winds and vivid lightning on Aug. 11, leavi…
Lightning struck an abandoned cabin, setting it on fire, near the Wisconsin River between Lake Delton and Portage Saturday afternoon.
Have you seen a sprite before? If you haven't, you're not alone. Sprites are a type of lightning that can only be found above clouds of thunde…
People living along the Gulf Coast have gotten used to a consistent pattern of storminess in recent days, but these lightning strikes were still impressive.
People living along the Gulf Coast have gotten used to a consistent pattern of storminess in recent days, but these lightning strikes were sti…
Hail, lightning, pouring rain and gusty winds swept across the Northeast on July 21, leading to minor flooding and damage in some areas.
The threat of thunderstorms and lightning has prompted officials in fire-ravaged Oregon to ask for help from outside the Pacific Northwest to …
Meteorologists predicted critically dangerous fire weather through at least Monday with lightning possible in both California and southern Oregon.
While you can be safe in a car in a lightning storm, it is not because of the tires.
These rare flashes of lighting, 100 to 1,000 times brighter than your standard lightning bolt, were confirmed in new satellite data.
What is the relationship between weather and fireworks, and what you need to consider when setting off your backyard display?
Outside hitter Mary Satori leads Manitowoc past Sun Prairie, while top-seeded and top-ranked Appleton North defeats McFarland.
A line of severe thunderstorms crossing Tennessee hit Nashville especially hard early in the morning of Sunday, March 28, overtaking homes, ro…
From severe thunderstorms to winter weather, Texas received a little bit of everything in the overnight hours of March 17.
A stormy Hawaii night leads to a colorful lightning show.
A resident of Petoskey, Michigan, caught a beautiful sunset over Lake Michigan on camera, before panning over to show a thunderstorm raging in…
Hitesh Ochani was flying from Detroit to Seattle on Aug. 9, when he captured a thunderstorm putting on an epic lightning show off in the distance.
Not only did he have a lucky escape from serious injury, but he now faces a bright future in the game.