More numbers from 2025 in the world of weather are in the books. Meteorologist Adam Rutt takes a look. Though severe weather season is still several months away, we can look back at what we saw last ...

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature doesn’t follow our sayings. In reality, lightning plays favorites, and ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...

SAWS has warned Gauteng residents to take lightning storm warnings seriously after a number of people were fatally struck by lightning.

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

Dozens of people were injured when lightning struck unexpectedly, prompting emergency crews to rush victims to hospital for treatment.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has expressed serious public safety concerns after 40 people were reported to have ...

A small Oklahoma town overtook a tiny Texas community in 2025 as the U.S. lightning capital, where lightning density counts ...