Scientists using satellite data discovered a record-breaking lightning bolt that stretched 515 miles from Texas to Kansas ...

Teague, Texas, is the U.S. lightning capital of the year, with 1,903 lightning events per square mile. Texas also tops the state chart with 40,434,603 lightning events in 2024.

Map: New evacuation for Basin Fire, near Fresno June Lightning wildfires Bolt and Flash merge into fourth largest fire of California’s season By Bay Area News Group ...

4/ Fresno June Lightning Complex, 9,131 acres, 24% containment at 7 p.m. Wednesday. This cluster comprises the Bolt, Flash and Hog fires, as well as several small fires east of Fresno.

However, due to the large size of the state of Texas, it's lightning density does not lead the way. Rather, Florida leads the country with about 112.6 lightning counts per square kilometer.

A new report lists the top U.S. cities and states with the most lightning strikes in 2024. Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Louisiana lead in total lightning activity. Experts advise seeking ...

Teague, Texas, is the U.S. lightning capital of the year, with 1,903 lightning events per square mile. Texas also tops the state chart with 40,434,603 lightning events in 2024.

Data: Vaisala Xweather; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Nearly 69,000 lightning strikes hit Davidson County last year, per weather data firm Vaisala Xweather. But the state's most intense lightning ...

The small East Texas town of Teague has been named the lightning capital of the United States after recording more than 1,900 lightning strikes per square mile in 2024, according to an annual ...

Michigan experiences hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes each year and ranks 25th in lightning density per square mile, according to data from last year. On early Wednesday, lightning ...