How pilots avoid thunderstorms—and what happens when they can’t

Thunderstorms are often also accompanied by heightened turbulence, which can be uncomfortable and frightening for passengers, ...
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Scientists finally explain how lightning forms inside storm clouds

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

US lightning strikes reach new eight-year high in 2025

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US ...

There's a new lightning capital of the US. It's no longer Florida.

The U.S. has a new lightning champion. Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning capital, according to ...

From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...
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Lightning and thunderstorm chance in Portland Wednesday morning | Weather Impact Alert

PORTLAND, Ore. — KGW has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Wednesday morning due to the chance of scattered lightning and thunderstorms. There were two clusters of thunderstorms in the Portland metro ...

Damaging winds anticipated with thunderstorms to hit Choctaw County Saturday – wind gusts up to 60 mph

On Saturday at 6:23 a.m. the National Weather Service released a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 7:15 a.m. for ...