To dramatically simplify things, lightning is a massive electrical arc that's unleashed when the difference in charge between the clouds and the ground overwhelms ... even if that means punching down ...

(WJHL) — Storms rolling through the region Tuesday evening resulted ... and storms filled the sky with lightning and dark ...

You've probably seen lightning flash across the sky, but do you know why and how it happens? This simple science activity teaches how lightning forms and ...

Huddled in a small saddle with the others, I shivered and cringed as lightning flashed through the clouds. Thunder echoed from all directions, and the wind blasted us with snow. It was an hour before ...

Sky’s going crazy over Texas! Lightning is popping off like fireworks Watch this wild storm in action! #StormWatch ...

All surging into the tree, down through the ground and back up the bodies of the four bystanders. When lightning strikes, the current’s path is random. A negative charge built up in the clouds ...

Lightning strikes from ... On August 8, 2019, a NASA DC-8 was flown through a pyrocumulonimbus cloud near eastern Washington, to better understand how these clouds form, learn the composition ...

If it weren't for human technology, cavum clouds would never exist. They form when airplanes fly through banks of midlevel altocumulus clouds — clouds made of supercooled droplets — according ...

Thousands of dry lightning strikes have sparked multiple bushfires, some within remote national parks and world heritage ...

Cumulonimbus clouds, or thunderclouds ... due to a phenomenon called “induced lightning,” in which lightning travels through electric wires and enters indoor areas. At the Omiya Bonsai ...

To dramatically simplify things, lightning is a massive electrical arc that's unleashed when the difference in charge between the clouds and ... means punching down through the atmosphere on ...