HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Today on Weather U, we're discussing lightning and severe storms, and how they form. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or ...

Thunder and lightning are summer staples, but they can happen all year round. Here's a quick science lesson on how thunder, lightning and storms form.

LIGHTNING #1 (WITN) STEP #2: As the negatively charged electrons from the cloud “travel” down to the positively charged electrons on the ground, the opposite charges begin to attract each ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

Atmospheric nitrogen can be transformed into a plant-usable form by lightning through a process called nitrogen fixation.

Lightning can strike up to 10 miles away from the parent storm, so if you can hear thunder you are close enough to be hit by lightning. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure until the storm has passed.

A new study has found an interesting and, perhaps, important property of ice. It appears to generate electricity when it is ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with ...

An international group of researchers has discovered new electric properties in ice that emerge when force is applied to bend the material in a certain way.

Thunder is one of nature’s most dramatic sounds, often accompanying the brilliant flash of lightning during a storm. But what causes this rumbling roar in the sky?

Weather Weather Wednesday: How does lightning form? Recent severe weather bred plenty of thunderstorms with lightning striking across the region.