Some social media users are sharing a photo they claim shows a fulgurite – a glass structure that can be created when lightning strikes sand or rock. The photo shows an elaborate sand structure on a ...

A photo shows a shirtless person's back and spine covered with what appears to be bruising, scarring and discoloration. "If you are lucky enough to survive a lightning strike, this is what your body ...

With Lightning Safety Awareness Week upon us, what better time to review some common beliefs about Mother Nature’s bolts from above to determine whether they are truly fact or plain fiction. While ...

In the United States, there is an average of 22 lightning deaths every year. All these deaths are preventable. Florida is known as the lightning capital of the nation. We are accustomed to the summer ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There's no other place in the United States that receives more lightning strikes than the state of Florida, and the Tampa Bay region is ground zero. It's Lightning Safety ...

That’s because thunder is the sound caused by lightning (it’s part of why dogs fear thunder). A charged, superheated lightning bolt creates a “resonating tube” as it travels. The air in the tube can ...

Conduction lightning occurs when a lightning bolt will flow through an object, such as metal, toward something else. Coming into contact with metal wires, plumbing, and metal surfaces during a ...