Lightning is one of the most unpredictable and dangerous weather hazards, especially on an open beach.

There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above your head at any given time. These high-energy particles, which can travel at ...

Lightning deaths in the United States last year were at a near-record low, part of a dramatic, decadeslong decline in the number of Americans killed by lightning each year. How dramatic? Eighty years ...

A 515-mile-long lightning flash from Texas to Missouri in 2017 has been named the world’s longest electrical bolt thanks to U.S. satellite imagery displacing a past record-holder as climate change ...

Worldwide, thousands of people die from lightning strikes each year. Ten times that number endure serious injury from lightning. Certainly, because the population is so large, even numbers like those ...

When lightning strikes, the electrons come pouring down. In a new study, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, led by an undergraduate student, have discovered a novel connection between ...

Flir, a Teledyne Technologies company, is today introducing its FCB-Series AI thermal analytics camera for robust perimeter and site security. This innovative addition to Flir’s mid-range infrared ...