HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Today on Weather U, we're discussing lightning and severe storms, and how they form. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — After a soggy week in the Coastal Bend, not only did we see some heavy downpours but we saw some thunderstorms roll through too. What follows behind thunder? Of course, it's ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with magnets.

Atmospheric nitrogen can be transformed into a plant-usable form by lightning through a process called nitrogen fixation.

In storm clouds, ice does more than just float or fall—it might actually help generate electricity. A new study in Nature ...

First of all, to get lightning we need warm air that is forced upwards. We call this the updraft and in that updraft, we have ice particles and water particles that collide and create positive and ...

ST speaks with two climate scientists to understand the science behind ball lightning. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Each year in the United States, lightning strikes an average of 300 people. A direct hit by a bolt of lightning kills about 50 people per year. Those who survive a lightning strike – with temperatures ...