Now this may surprise you, but there are actually several different types of lightning other than the typical lightning we see with everyday storms. Red lightning, otherwise known as sprites, can’t ...

From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms.

MOLINE, Ill. — Editor's Note: The video above is from Jan. 24. The thunderstorm earlier this week gave us a little taste of spring weather. As we get closer to experiencing more convective weather, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning has captured people’s fascination for millennia. It’s embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of Thor ...

Lightning is an interesting and exciting part of storms, and its anatomy is important in understanding what that bright flash we see in the sky is. The atmosphere is full of different positive and ...

This release is available in German. Ball lightnings are circular light phenomena occurring during thunderstorms and there are a large class of reports by eyewitnesses having experienced such events.