WHAT KIND OF FLASH? A "bolt from the blue" is categorized as a positive lightning strike, as it originates from the top of a thunderstorm cloud. Positive strikes are known to be more dangerous, as ...

Lightning often strikes more than 3 miles from the center of the thunderstorm, far outside the rain or storm cloud, according to the NWS. "Bolts from blue" can strike 10 to 15 miles away from the ...

An unusual weather pattern for July is bringing a chance of dry lightning and scattered showers to parts of Southern California this weekend, which has raised the risk for fire starts, flash ...

A panel of lightning scientists together with the World Meteorological Organization later found this was the longest-lasting lightning flash on record anywhere in the world. It was about 320 miles ...

Waycross family remembers teens killed in lightning strike on fishing trip "Every time a lightning flash we just think that’s Randall's picture up there smiling down at us," said the grandfather ...

Lightning often strikes the same place repeatedly, according to the NWS, especially if it is a tall, pointy, isolated object. The Empire State Building, for example, is hit an average of 23 times ...

The top county in the U.S. when it came to flash density, or the number of lightning strikes per square mile, in 2024 was Limestone County in Texas, which had had average of 125 flashes per square ...