Lightning-induced wildfires are severe natural disasters. However, because of the regionality and random nature of lightning, ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — After a soggy week in the Coastal Bend, not only did we see some heavy downpours but we saw some thunderstorms roll through too. What follows behind thunder? Of course, it's ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes the United States about 25 million times a year. Lightning is most common during the summer, ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- 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 ...
David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...
On top of a Swiss mountain, a car-sized laser has helped guide lightning from the sky to the ground. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd ...
For the first time ever, scientists have used lasers to redirect lightning toward a safe target. The experiment, which took place atop Säntis mountain on the northern edge of the Swiss Alps, is the ...
Just beneath the surface of the south Pacific Ocean lies the Hunga volcano. Part of the Tonga archipelago and north of Tonga’s main island Tongatapu, Hunga lies in a very active seismic zone and has ...
Zap! You just touched a metal doorknob after shuffling your rubber-soled feet across the carpet. You've been struck by lightning! Well, not really, but it's the same idea. Your rubber-soled shoes ...
In an electrifying discovery, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has certified a new record the the single longest lightning flash. Recently analysis revealed that the ~515 mile flash ...
Lightning is a serious menace to electrical apparatus. Temperamentally it is unsuited to laboratory experimentation. One cannot lasso the lightning and cage it in a condenser for study at leisure. But ...
Most people probably have an intuition that lightning is big, but few people grasp the true potential scope that a single bolt of lighting can have.