ORLANDO, Fla. – Lightning is one of nature’s most electrifying spectacles—literally. According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms form when key ingredients—moisture, instability and ...

As the weather warms, people spend more time outdoors, going to barbecues, beaches and ballgames. But summer isn’t just the season of baseball and outdoor festivals – it’s also lightning season. Each ...

A full understanding of how lightning forms in the clouds has eluded scientists, but new research promises to solve this enduring mystery. reading time 2 minutes Lightning has long terrified and ...

With temperatures topping 30 degrees in recent days as Ireland experienced an unusually warm heatwave, it was only a matter of time before lighting would strike. A status orange thunderstorm warning ...

A thunderstorm is one of the most energetic weather phenomena we see here in the UK, with blasts of thunder and flashes of lightning. They happen when the air is very unstable or volatile and results ...

A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. CREDIT: Photo by Liu Wei/Xinhua via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Videos of a purple orb of lightning at various locations here surfaced on social media last week. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pedrógão Grande, a small municipality in central Portugal, faced a similar scenario in 2017. A huge plume of smoke from a ...

Thunderstorms, very heavy downpours and potential flash flooding is predicted across seven counties throughout Saturday evening as Met Éireann has upgraded the weather warning to status orange. There ...