You might think you’d be safe from lightning if a storm is far away. You’d be wrong.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. Thunderstorm safety often comes down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seven seconds. That’s how long it took a single lightning flash to streak across the sky from east Texas nearly to Kansas City, ...

In a remarkable meteorological feat, a lightning flash has made history by traveling an astounding515 miles across the United States. This “megaflash” shatters previous records, showing us that nature ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counted all of the lightning flashes and strikes across our Michigan sky last Thursday and Friday. You won’t believe how many lightning events we had in just ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan counties had much more lightning in 2025 than an average year here in Michigan.