Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An evening lightning storm lights up the skes near the Sanibel Causeway on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Photographed from a distance.

When it comes to dramatic weather, lightning is right up there. At that first rumble of thunder, we jump out of pools and scurry off golf courses to avoid coming in contact with a lightning bolt. And ...

"Thunder is impressive," Mark Twain wrote, "but it is lightning that does the work." Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most ...

If you think science has most things figured out, think again. As physicist John Lowke of the University of South Australia observes, we can predict lunar and solar eclipses down to the fractional ...

A jaw-dropping 515-mile lightning bolt lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records and reshaping our understanding of extreme weather. Thanks to advanced satellite tech, ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds have remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may now be solved, ...

Living in Southern Arizona means spectacular lightning is around at certain times of the year, especially during our monsoon season, which runs from around June 15 to September 30. We get some great ...

A photojournalist captured a lightning strike near the Sanibel Causeway on August 16. The photographer used a long exposure to create a time-lapse effect of the storm. Challenges included shooting at ...