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.

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US ...

The LA wildfires last January helped push the nation's "billion-dollar disasters" to a near record last year, even without a ...

Two hikers survived being struck by lightning on Arizona's tallest peak, Humphrey's Peak, after a sudden, "freak" storm. The men were stranded for hours after the bolt hit and hiked a mile down the ...

Lightning, often associated with hills and mountainous terrain, is not confined to high ground and can strike anywhere under ...

There are also some other rarer, even more spectacular types of lightning: ...

SAGO, W.Va (WDTV) - Friday marks 20 years since a mining disaster rocked a small Upshur County community. On January 2nd of ...

An investigation is underway in the Moretele local municipality outside of Pretoria after two people died following lightning ...