The event began with the approach of two opposing electrical discharges: a downward-propagating leader from a thundercloud and an upward leader emerging from a television transmission tower in ...

A lightning bolt strikes the ocean near a lifeguard tower at Bolsa Chica State Beach in 2021. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Coastal Southern California, which rarely sees lightning, witnessed ...

Musical Percy Jackson has newly discovered powers he can't control, monsters on his trail, and he is on a quest to find ...

Yes, lightning can be frightening when it strikes during a storm, particularly when that crack of thunder comes right after, an indication that it was close by. But the photos that sometimes emerge ...

Warning lights coming on on on your dashboard are rarely a good thing. In fact, they’re often nerve-wracking. The dreaded check engine light, the dangerous oil light, and the unpleasant gas light all ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...