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: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lightning safety expert recently told AccuWeather that it's dangerous to take a shower during a thunderstorm, because water ...

The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the longest single lightning flash ever recorded. There are only two places on ...

FORT MYERS, Florida -- A toilet turned into a missile because of a lightning strike. MaryLou Ward said she was in bed with her husband and three dogs during the rain and thunder, when all of a sudden ...

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. Security camera footage captured the strike on the property of Mike Smith, who was not home at the time but was ...

Shocking footage out of South Carolina showed a transformer being struck by lightning and exploding into a fireball, startling nearby drivers. Brian Kilmeade aired the footage from the town of Mount ...