Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather.

Lightning, often associated with hills and mountainous terrain, is not confined to high ground and can strike anywhere under the right atmospheric conditions, sometimes with deadly consequences, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, ...

AEM, the essential source for environmental insights, today released its 2025 U.S. Lightning Report, revealing that Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning concentration ...

Tuesday is the final day an outreach center will be open for people and businesses affected by the TCU September Lightning Complex Fires in Tuolumne County to get in-person assistance on applying for ...

More than 470 disaster incidents have been recorded across Rwanda since the onset of the rainy season in September, leaving at least 67 people dead and 123 others injured, according to the Ministry in ...