On Barro Colorado Island, a 15-square-kilometer patch of tropical forest in the middle of the Panama Canal, thunderstorms ...

A devastating lightning incident in Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir, resulted in the death of 90 sheep belonging to nomadic shepherds. Strong winds and intermittent rains also caused additional ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

The fire that destroyed the Marine Science Lab on the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus was likely caused by a lightning strike during an intense thunderstorm that swept through the ...

Thunderstorm clouds have a lot of air moving around inside them, including updrafts and downdrafts, which can be strong. Updrafts transport tiny drops of rain and ice crystals to the top of the ...

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured a giant “monster thundercloud” flashing with lightning from the ISS. Here’s the science behind why storms look so strange from space.

India recorded 1,456 lightning-related deaths between January and September 2025, or about five a day. The figures show ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft passed north-to-south (yellow track) over Jupiter's atmosphere on 17 August 2022, detecting a cluster of radio pulses from lightning (cyan symbols marking instrument pointing ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It will be a beautiful weekend in the region as high pressure takes hold. High temperatures today will jump about 10 degrees warmer than they were Friday. On Sunday and Monday, ...

A 15-year-old boy, Ujjwal Sunil Bhelave, died after being struck by lightning in the Bhilgaon area of Nagpur during a sudden ...

Scrolling through the morning papers or glancing at our phone screens, there is one recurring piece of news that never fails to break our hearts: the untimely demise of people struck by lightning.