HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Today on Weather U, we're discussing lightning and severe storms, and how they form. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — After a soggy week in the Coastal Bend, not only did we see some heavy downpours but we saw some thunderstorms roll through too. What follows behind thunder? Of course, it's ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with magnets.

The right mix of hot, humid, rising air can produce some of the most powerful weather phenomena on the planet.

Summer 2024 is already smokin’ hot, and not in a good way. Deadly heat waves and record-breaking temperatures are affecting millions of Americans in the warmest months of the year. Summer ...

Summer 2023 was smokin’ hot, and not in a good way. Deadly heat, wildfires and dangerous air quality conditions affected millions of Americans in the warmest months of the year. Summer thunderstorms ...

First of all, to get lightning we need warm air that is forced upwards. We call this the updraft and in that updraft, we have ice particles and water particles that collide and create positive and ...

Each year in the United States, lightning strikes an average of 300 people. A direct hit by a bolt of lightning kills about 50 people per year. Those who survive a lightning strike – with temperatures ...