(WGHP) – You may have heard the saying “When thunder roars, head indoors.” For severe weather preparedness week, let’s dive into how to stay safe when lightning is nearby. Lightning strikes the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever sit outside on a warm summer's evening and notice flashes of lightning, but no actual rain clouds near you? This is commonly ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Is heat lightning a thing? Kind of, but not in the sense you might think. You’re sitting on your porch on a clear, warm summer night and off in ...

This video shows a real-time capture of a lightning strike and explores how these powerful electrical discharges form during storms. It highlights the sudden buildup of atmospheric energy and the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — On late summer nights, you can often see flashes off in the distance on the horizon. These flashes are commonly referred to as “heat lightning”. Technically, there is no such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer evenings can often deliver storms seen firing in the distance with frequent flashing, but ...

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina, sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called "heat lightning." Other WRAL Top Stories It wasn't until ...

Heat lightning is a term used often in the Ozarks. During the hot summer nights, distance clouds flicker with lightning, looking like a chaotically choreographed dance in the night sky. Despite heat ...

Lightning during one of Arizona’s powerful monsoon storms can be beautiful to look at but, on average, two people a year die in Arizona from lightning. In an effort to try to track this weather ...