As particles rub together from wind friction in a thunderstorm, the charges separate and static electricity develops. The negative charges or electrons separate to the bottom of the thunderstorm, ...

Lightning strikes near the Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) They say lightning never strikes twice. But in recent days it ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – As we enter the warmer, stormier months of the year, lightning becomes a very real threat. On average, 300 people are struck by lightning every year in the U.S., and 30 of those ...

Using a precisely aligned pair of laser beams, scientists can now hold a single aerosol particle in place and monitor how it ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — It's storm season once again in the Carolinas. The old saying used to be something like, "When you hear thunder the angels are bowling!" You've ...

Our planet is crackling with more electrical energy than ever before. Scientists worldwide are documenting an alarming trend ...

The common theme for all of the fires was lightning. The names aren’t exactly catchy. In our newsroom, producers used a whiteboard Tuesday to keep track as the new fires popped up in parts of ...

They say lightning never strikes twice. But in recent days it seems to be striking again and again — to deadly effect. On Wednesday, the Norwegian Ski Federation announced that Olympic skier Audun ...