About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large clusters of thunderstorms begin organizing into tropical storms every ...

On Monday at 1:44 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 2:30 p.m. for ...

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to ...

Lightning also prefers tall clouds that allow electrically charged water and ice particles to have room to separate from each other, but near the North Pole, that’s problematic.

The lightning injuries occur just as the 25th annual National Lightning Safety Awareness Week kicks off on June 22.

News, weather headlines from WGAL News 8.Viewers in Glen Rock and Stewartstown shared photos and video with WGAL. You can ...

6. There are five ways lightning strikes people: direct strike, side flash, ground current, conduction and streamer. A typical lightning flash is about 300 million volts and about 30,000 amps.

Storms with lightning and damaging wind are possible Monday afternoon with more rain expected overnight. Refresh this page ...

Did you know? Energy from a lightning channel heats the air briefly to around 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, much hotter than the ...

UPDATE (5:50 p.m.): Storms have now developed in Carroll County, and the storm in Baltimore County is slowly drifting north. Any of these could produce very heavy rain and strong wind gusts from 6 ...

A tourist hit by lightning on a Florida beach has died after days spent in critical condition at a hospital, according to ...