There has always been something special that separates Tampa from other cities for longtime NHL forward Pat Maroon. Maroon announced his retirement from professional hockey at the end of the 2024-25 ...

An intense thunderstorm system brought rain and lightning to California's Coachella Valley. Dry lightning from these storms can spark wildfires, especially when vegetation is parched. Lightning is ...

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A study published in the journal Earth's Future offers detailed projections of lightning across the Western U.S. for the mid-21st century. The largest change in lightning is expected in parts of Idaho ...

The de minimis tariff exemption applies to items imported into the US with a value of less than $800. The tariff loophole was closed for goods from China this year, and worldwide by Friday. Here's how ...

On August 19, 2025, in Chicago, USA, @liverisnick shared a dramatic video of an evening storm. In the video, a powerful lightning bolt strikes one of the buildings as multiple flashes illuminate the ...

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A sudden flash lit up the sky over Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on Monday morning as a lightning bolt struck with such force it exploded an electrical transformer along Highway 17. The strike ...

A Penn State-led research team has unraveled the long-standing mystery of how lightning begins inside thunderclouds. Their findings offer the first quantitative, physics-based explanation for ...

A jaw-dropping 515-mile lightning bolt lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records and reshaping our understanding of extreme weather. Thanks to advanced satellite tech, ...

A massive bolt of lightning that flashed across the sky in Texas in 2017 has captured a new world record. Pictured, a separate lightning bolts shoots over Highway 360 near Euless, Texas on Friday, ...