Texas, Florida and Oklahoma are the lightning capitals of the United States, according to Vaisala Xweather. But Texas stands out among the top three: The 10 counties with the most lightning strikes ...

With a high-speed camera and the ... On average, 20% of all lightning strikes involve an exchange of electrical discharges between clouds and the ground. The other 80% occur inside clouds.

Although it looks so striking when captured in a photograph, red lightning isn’t easy to observe from the ground, because it occurs high above the cloud layer. It can be observed more clearly ...

On Wednesday, to my glee, I was wrong: a series of storms rolled through Southern California, bringing actual thunder and lightning ... clouds would need to rise to form thunderstorms. The high ...

Reports indicate that, on average, 20% of all lightning strikes involve an exchange of electrical discharges from the ground and the clouds. The remaining 80% of lightning strikes occur within clouds.

Lightning rods have been used to safely guide ... 590 feet — while penetrating clouds and fog. The design ionizes nitrogen and oxygen molecules, releasing electrons and creating a plasma that ...

Rajeevan Erikkulam, a meteorologist with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), said the frequency of lightning increases in the break period during the monsoon ...