MIDLAND, Texas — When thunderstorms roll across West Texas, most people know to watch for lightning. But what many don't realize is that not all lightning strikes are created equal. Meteorologists ...

A woman in Boynton Beach, FL has captured a rare positive lightning strike on camera. "Wow," is pretty much all we can say, possibly followed by some expletives. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Bill Burton: Lightning Part Two. Last week we tackled negative lightning. And negative lightning just kind of brings you down. Positive lightning just uplifts you. That's the difference, right? Tawana ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lightning is one of nature’s most electrifying spectacles—literally. According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms form when key ingredients—moisture, instability and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some lightning strikes are much more powerful than others and can often be the culprit behind some of Colorado's wildfires. Here's ...

A team has developed the world's first technology to prevent damage caused by "positive lightning," which frequently occurs in offshore wind farms during winter. Just as voltage has positive and ...

Positive charges distributed in the air are concentrated near the conventional air-termination, so positive polarity lightning of the same polarity avoids the positive charges and possibly strike the ...

A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has uncovered the first observational evidence of lateral negative re-discharges ...

Scientifically, there is no difference between heat lightning and regular lightning. The reason thunder isn't heard is ...