The Ash Fire was most likely ignited by lightning. The park has received over 350 lightning strikes in the last 24 hours.

The absence of a top-quality strike aircraft such as the F-35 is detracting from the IAF’s ability as a whole.

A report from the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC was issued on Thursday at 10:36 a.m. for strong thunderstorms until 11:15 a.m.

Lightning struck twice in Horry County on Wednesday, July 31, hitting a house in Surfside Beach and a shed in the Conway area ...

The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and the Detention Center in Clarkesville both have been experiencing intermittent phone and Internet outages overnight on Thursday.

Researchers used data from the GOES East weather satellite, which orbits 22,236 miles above Earth's surface, to detect the enormous lightning strike.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) certified a new record for the longest lightning strike ever documented, measuring 829 kilometers, using data collected during a thunderstorm in October ...

The GOES satellites are a major part of the puzzle, since they continuously monitor the sky. They also identified the longest ...

A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ...

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

The flash occurred in October 2017, but scientists didn't catch it until years later using new lightning-detection tools. An ASU scientist confirmed the record and said it demonstrates the power of ...

Megaflash hot spots include the U.S. Midwest and southeastern South America, site of the previous record-holder, a 709-kilometer-long bolt over parts of Brazil and Argentina. That lightning still ...