It's almost like the heavens have opened up a fiery furnace, unleashing its heat in a blinding flash. This immense heat is ...

This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...

Lightning strikes were unleashed during a severe thunderstorm in Washington before four people were struck near the White House on Aug. 4. (Video by Dave Statter; photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades ...