The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

On July 27, 2025, in South Haven, Minnesota, USA, @Gbauer077 shared a video of a dramatic cloud formation. In the video, a massive shelf cloud looms across the sky, sweeping over the area with ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

One of the scariest clouds you'll ever see over a football stadium. Photo taken by Ty Kaplan (Ty Kaplan) A few weeks ago, my wife and I made the nine-hour drive to Lubbock to drop our daughter off at ...

A new model may have finally solved where storm clouds get their missing energy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The energy ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...