Florida golfers experienced an amazing but terriying moment as a huge lightning strike hit the golf course - leaving a ...

'Heat lightning,' or heat absent from a storm, doesn't exist. The lightning is real lightning and comes from a storm too tall or too far away for you to hear.

Before this storm, the record for lightning activity was held by a storm in the United States. However, Brazil’s recent event has set a new benchmark, rewriting the history of lightning records.

This peak lightning rate is significantly higher than the second most intense lightning event ever detected—993 flashes per minute—in a thunderstorm over the southern United States in 1999. Remote ...

Across the country, pools close when lightning is in the area. For outdoor pools, the rationale is clear: About 10 to 15 ...

What you are really seeing is lightning from distant thunderstorms, sometimes from tens of miles away. But they can be much closer since in most cases you won’t hear thunder from a storm that ...

Not since January 1962 has real snow landed and stuck like an Olympic gymnast in the heart of L.A., ... Lightning storms in June 1931 started eight forest fires and hurt four Pomona boys, ...

It’s not just you – Tuesday’s storms were absolutely electric. Nearly 4.5 million lightning events were detected, which is the busiest the skies have been since May 20, 2017, according to ...

Summertime storms often bubble up in slow batches and clusters, instead of fast-moving lines. Clear skies often surround these summertime clusters, making it much easier to see lightning from ...

Lightning, however, can be seen from much farther away—sometimes 50 miles or more, especially at night, if those storms are strong and tall. Credit: WFMY The sound of thunder dissipates as it ...

Lightning is created by opposing electrical charges in a storm cloud. When you see lightning but don't hear thunder it's because you are too far away from the storm.