In 2024, Florida came in No. 1 for the number of lightning strikes per one kilometer. Orlando came in No. 1 as the city in ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida usually leads the nation in lightning strikes each year. In 2021, over 14 million lightning ...

COLUMBUS, GA (WRBL)-Lightning strikes the U.S about 25 million times per year, with most of the strikes occurring during the summer months. According to the National Weather Service, from 2013 ...

A study published in PNAS Nexus shows that there are almost twice as many risky days for large human-caused fires in the ...

In 2024, 12 people died from lightning strikes in the United States, including five in Florida, one of those was in Naples in September. If you hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by ...

You've probably seen lightning flash across the sky, but do you know why and how it happens? This simple science activity ...

Multiple bushfires are burning in Tasmanian wilderness areas on the state's west coast, sparked by dry lightning strikes ... on Monday lightening from a very high-based cloud developed across ...

These high-energy particles, which can travel at close to the speed of light ... Earth’s radiation belts and populates the inner belt with very high-energy electrons, then the lightning interacts with ...

It's important to remember it doesn't have to be raining for lightning to strike. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to ... plumbing and water are very good conductors of ...