Michael Peterson, an applied physicist at the Severe Storms Research Center at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, is one of ...

Have you ever stood outside on a hot summer day, just before a thunderstorm, and felt your skin tingle? Maybe the air felt thick, your ... Read more The post Why You Might Feel “Electric” Before a ...

Summer evenings can often deliver storms seen firing in the distance with frequent flashing, but thunder absent.

Every lightning strike begins as a silent exchange of charge — leaders reaching down, streamers rising up — until, in an ...

ATLANTA - Severe thunderstorms disrupted operations at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday evening, ...

Some people in Dundalk are dealing with some serious storm damage after a thunderstorm went through the East Baltimore area ...

What we often call "heat lightning" is just lightning from a storm far away from us, but you can't hear the thunder. Posted 2025-04-28T08:30:05+00:00 - Updated 2025-04-28T13:22:09+00:00 Ask the ...

Four women were on vacation in Florida when a dangerous storm rolled in on Saturday, June 21. After they sought shelter under a hut, it was struck by lightning. They all survived and decided to ...

Florida's geography makes summer one of the more dangerous seasons meteorologically, with spiking daytime temperatures that ...

A Columbus lightning strike injured two June 29. Here are some tips for keeping safe from storms. ... it's important to remember how real that danger can be.

The arrival of summer this week brings to mind the dangers of thunderstorms and severe weather. See what to do now to avoid ...

During that period, Steiger and 22 undergraduate students roamed across Tug Hill, deploying lightning detectors, launching weather balloons, and driving around a Doppler on Wheels storm-chasing ...