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 ...

Meteorologists call them 'gigantic jets' — powerful and vanishingly rare trees of lightning that contain 50-times more energy than the typical lightning bolt. A Puerto Rico-based photographer ...

Lightning is typically seen when imposing cumulonimbus clouds fill the sky. But new research 1 shows that these bolts of electricity can also be used to forecast thin and wispy clouds that warm ...

A time-lapse created by the photographer showcases over 100 different lightning bolts, all of which were captured during a thunderstorm in Turkey. The storm broke over the town of Mudanya.

Stunning satellites show the moment lightning bolts rupture across the skies over Europe in what's been hailed a scientific first. Brits have been no stranger to storms in recent weeks as hot air ...