A bolt of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning forms if a lightning leader develops out of the cloud and reaches the ground. Positive CG (+CG) lightning is formed by a downward positive leader and transfers ...

A large team of chemists at Harvard University has found evidence suggesting that cloud-to-ground lightning strikes may have helped generate some of the building blocks needed for life on Earth to ...

BIG COUNTRY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – On the evening of April 1, 2026, a line of storms moved through Abilene, bringing damaging wind gusts, large hail, a couple of tornado warnings, and plenty of ...

It's one of nature's most striking regular phenomena, but you may not know that lightning can appear in many different forms. Intracloud lightning is contained within one cloud jumping between ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This is another great kid question and it has to do with lightning. Emery wants to know, “How does lightning strike between clouds without touching the ground?” We usually ...

Vermont saw about 9,000 lightning strikes from those storms. Our Jess Langlois has some answers about what types of lightning strikes they were.

Springtime storms can often bring an impressive light show to South Central Texas, just like the lightning that’s been found in the storm activity over the past few days. Photos sent into KSAT Connect ...

A storm chaser in north Texas captured a “cloud to ground lightning barrage” near Briscoe on Saturday evening, June 13, as ...