In the end, Roy Sullivan was able to escape a lightning strike just once. He and his family were in the backyard and a storm ...

'I was very nearby and it scared the life out of me when it hit. So loud!' It's now coping with major disruption.

SCOTS have described being “jolted awake” in the middle of the night amid a stronger thunderstorm than they have “ever seen” ...

A lightning bolt tore through the roof of the Auldridge family’s home last week, destroying nearly everything inside and ...

A bolt of lightning lasts only a fraction of a second, yet the narrow channel of air it passes through reaches roughly 50,000 ...

"Heat lightning" is a common term for lightning seen from a distance without hearing the associated thunder.

An electric weather phenomenon just broke a world record. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on July 31 that a megaflash has set a new world record for lightning discharge distance.

First introduced in 1996, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) format was developed to replace the array of proprietary cables and connectors used by devices to connect to personal computers of the era. In ...