Shelter from the Storm: Misconceptions about ‘heat lightning’

During Shelter from the Storm, the WIFR First Alert Weather Team breaks down some of the questions surrounding our weather.
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Scientists finally explain how lightning forms inside storm clouds

“Our findings provide the first precise, quantitative explanation for how lightning initiates in nature,” Pasko said. “It connects the dots between X-rays, electric fields and the physics of electron ...

Lightning from Plains storms lights up Earth on space cam. See video

Lightning from Plains storms near Wichita captured by International Space Station SpaceTV-1 camera in orbit over Kansas on ...
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Fact or myth? Common thunderstorm advice, explained

DENVER (KDVR) — “Don’t shower during a thunderstorm” and “lightning never strikes in the same place twice” are tips you may have heard growing up, and while some phrases are true, others can do more ...
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Could lightning become more frequent in a warming world? Here’s what scientists expect

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...