HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Today on Weather U, we're discussing lightning and severe storms, and how they form. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or ...

Thunder and lightning are summer staples, but they can happen all year round. Here's a quick science lesson on how thunder, lightning and storms form.

Superbolts of lightning are rare; they only make up about one percent of all lightning strikes. But they are incredibly strong; compared to the average lightning strike, which carries about 300 ...

LIGHTNING #1 (WITN) STEP #2: As the negatively charged electrons from the cloud “travel” down to the positively charged electrons on the ground, the opposite charges begin to attract each ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lightning is one of nature’s most electrifying spectacles—literally. According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms form when key ingredients—moisture ...

Lightning can strike up to 10 miles away from the parent storm, so if you can hear thunder you are close enough to be hit by lightning. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure until the storm has passed.

NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with ...

Lightning strikes, however, are relatively constant through time. Our work helps expand the conditions in which life can form on other planets in our solar system and beyond.

Thunder is one of nature’s most dramatic sounds, often accompanying the brilliant flash of lightning during a storm. But what causes this rumbling roar in the sky?