For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. CREDIT: Photo by Liu Wei/Xinhua via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and vanishes before the eye adj.

Over the last few weeks, New Jersey has seen multiple storms accompanied by deadly flooding, power outages and two fatal lightning strikes. There are several measures you can take to keep yourself and ...