Have you ever felt a strange calm in the air before a thunderstorm? That eerie stillness, almost like nature is holding its ...

With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: as a thunderstorm moves through an ...

Thunder is the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. The latest edition of Science Behind the ...

A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 6:39 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 7:30 p.m.

Even with advances in technology, it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly where and when some of the most severe weather will ...

The NWS Blacksburg VA issued a report at 6:01 p.m. on Friday for strong thunderstorms until 6:30 p.m. for Ashe County.

As the International Space Station whizzed over Mexico and the United States — before floodwaters catastrophically rose in ...

U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an ...

All the thunderstorms today are going to be capable of producing very heavy rain and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning,” one meteorologist said.

A weather alert was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Thursday at 2:40 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 3:15 p ...

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Mount Holly at 4:33 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8.

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