It only takes one close encounter with a lightning strike to get the full sense of its power. At around 1 gigaJoule of energy ...

One moment you're grabbing a soda in your garage; the next, 100 million volts have rewritten who you are. In the Atlantic, Jacob Stern digs into what lightning actually does to the human body and mind ...

The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a ...

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of Thor in Norse mythology or Indra in Hinduism. In Australia, lightning is ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a ...

Witness the power of nature as lightning strikes less than a quarter mile away during an intense Arizona monsoon. Captured in ...

As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - On average, lightning strikes the U.S. about 25 million times a year. Lightning is a major cause of storm-related deaths in the U.S. In Tennessee, there have been a total of ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather operates ...

Andrew Dowdy receives funding from University of Melbourne, as well as supported by the Australian Research Council including as a member of the Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather. Jennifer ...