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 ...

A blob of colors—red in the middle surrounded like an oil slick by orange, yellow, green, and blue—shows a ... will need a stationary storm that is producing lightning again and again, right ...

Finding an appropriate shelter when you’re caught in a lightning storm, though, is not easy. Whether you’re outdoors or indoors, it is important to know how to avoid getting struck by ...

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 ...

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.

A storm that pummeled dozens of Midwest states with snow during the weekend also brought another weather phenomena, at least to Missouri: Thunder and lightning. The phenomenon, known as ...

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 ...