Positive lightning makes up less than 5% of strikes, but it can be up to 10 times more powerful.

A nationwide lightning report shows Texas ranked No. 1 in total flashes and thunderstorm hours last year. Here's where ...

What to Know Most of San Diego County was doused in 1/2 to 1 inch of rain by Monday evening More rain is expected overnight into Tuesday morning Slight chance for light snow on Mt. Laguna and Palomar ...

There is no safe place outdoors during a thunderstorm. The only truly safe locations are inside a substantial building or inside a hard-topped vehicle with the windows closed. Don’t take chances with ...

Breaking down the science of lightning.

A lightning strike caused a wind turbine in Breckenridge to catch fire, officials said.

A series of lightning strikes early Tuesday sparked a fire at a grove of palm trees in San Pasqual Valley, burning more than 100 trees, fire officials said. The fire was reported shortly after 3 a.m.

Two lightning strikes, just miles apart, caused two schools in Santa Rosa to close on Tuesday. At one campus, lightning ...

Lightning strikes were responsible for felled redwoods that damaged a Santa Rosa school and a recycling facility and residents from Rohnert Park to Napa reported hail flurries that created ...

Several palm trees located in San Pasqual Valley caught fire after multiple lightning strikes in the area early Tuesday ...

In Umzimkhulu, a ward 15 resident was struck and killed by lightning while at work on Friday. In a separate incident in ward ...