The current NWS position is that if you’re outdoors during a lightning storm, you’re at risk no matter what, so seeking shelter is the best use of your time. “The crouch simply doesn’t ...

Nashville has been under a severe weather warning since approximately 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The on-and-off threat of a ...

Such beliefs, the agency worries, could produce a lack of urgency about the need to seek safe shelter during a storm before threats of lightning intensify.

You'll be in the know of what needs to get done,” Stephanie Fox, media relations lead at American Red Cross, tells TIME ... in the event of lightning strikes during the storm.

It isn’t just winter that brings threatening weather to the British hills. Summer storms can be fatal – so what should you do to stay safe? Lightning is not as common in the UK as is in many other ...

In fact, Shao added, the strongest electric field ever detected inside storm clouds was 10 ... the precise progression of lightning discharges in space and time with an unprecedented accuracy ...

To determine the extent of damage to a tree from a lightning strike will require some patience. Lightning is formed when negative charged ions collect in a cloud. At the same time, positive ...