Alabama's Lightning Season begins in late July and ends in early August, but lightning strikes year-round. Misconceptions spread about lightning, and the wrong information could be dangerous.

It can be sunny where you are, but lightning still strikes. NOAA's NSSL also states, " A bolt from the blue can strike ground at a spot with “blue sky” above it. So even a storm that is 6 ...

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV ... Jackson County Fire Protection District responded to a house fire caused by lightning. Emergency crews said lightning hit the gas meter on the home and ignited ...

That's what a security camera captured when a bolt of lightning struck a parked, unoccupied Newcastle police cruiser during a storm. A Newcastle police cruiser was struck by lightning during a ...

A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Monday at 1:43 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 2:15 p.m. for Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon.

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina, sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called "heat lightning." It wasn't until I started studying ...