VOLCANO LIGHTNING. The fusion of flash with ash! Say the words aloud, together, and it sounds impossible – the kind of thing a six-year-old might think up. And yet, volcanic lightning is very ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Lightning is a frequent occurrence in CNY, but how does it form, how strong is it, and how far can it travel? Plus, where do the most lightning fatalities occur and where are ...

A high-speed photo of lightning rods at work during an electrical storm in São José dos Campos, Brazil, is helping scientists understand how the devices compete to attract strikes and keep ...

Lightning. It's not a welcomed sight and brings death and destruction wherever it strikes. It comes in second place behind floods with our dangerous weather. But how does this fiery electricity ...

How does thunder work, and why is it so loud? (Savaar, 6, Johannesburg) Thunder is the sound that lightning makes.

Count to 5: If you hear thunder, the lightning occurred within 1 mile. Now that you know how far away that lightning strike was, is it far enough to be a safe distance from the storm?

Think lightning never strikes in the same place twice? Some commonly held beliefs about lightning are actually incorrect. Lightning can hit the same location more than once, AccuWeather explains ...