The high-tech sensors combine lightning location with meteorological and environmental data and alert fire authorities to ...

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

The World Meteorological Organization says a lightning bolt that was visible for some 515 miles from eastern Texas through ...

Scientists have just confirmed an October 2017 ‘megaflash’ set a new world record for the longest lightning streak ever ...

According to Environment Canada meteorologist Ian Hubbard, one map showed about 1,500 lightning strikes over a region from ...

Umoh, E. , Balogun, R. and Adeyewa, Z. (2025) Spatio-Temporal Variability of Lightning, Thunderstorm and Rainfall Occurrences over Nigeria during MAM Season. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 15, ...

Lightning, which can heat the atmosphere to five times the temperature of the surface of the sun, is the result of a powerful ...

Canada has some of the most advanced lightning detection technology in the world. Every flash is logged in real time by the ...

Crews are battling several wildfires in the Bitterroot Valley after weekend storms caused more than 500 confirmed lightning ...