Over 3,000 lightning strikes hit the Shasta-Trinity National Forest between the onset of storms on Monday and Tuesday evening ...

Local National Forests are keeping an eye out for any new fires popping up with several already being confirmed after Monday ...

Temperatures climb to near 90 today with a chance of severe storms this afternoon. Expect damaging winds, hail, and lightning ...

This week, a wave of lightning strikes hit inland Northern California, causing small fires to spark up throughout the region.

An outbreak of thunderstorms generated lightning that touched off dozens of fires in Northern California from Aug. 15-18. The driving force was a moisture surge from the remnants of Tropical Storm ...

Lightning isn’t usually a California thing. A meteorologist explains. For its size, the state usually gets far fewer lightning strikes than the national average, though that hasn’t been quite ...

Booming thunderstorms, lightning strikes, bursts of heavy rain and even pea-sized hail hit parts of Southern California on Tuesday afternoon, prompting flash flood warnings around the region and ...

According to the National Weather Service Storm Data, the U.S. has averaged 43 reported lightning fatalities per year over the last 30 years. The annual average was 27 fatalities from 2009-2019 ...

During a 33-hour period in June of 2008, more than 5,000 lightning strikes ignited some 1,000 fires across Northern California, the Sierra Nevada and the Central Coast.. This month’s explosion ...

More than 66,000 lightning strikes lit up the skies across Southern California between Wednesday and Thursday morning, a rare barrage of thunderstorm activity in a state that’s facing its most ...

In 2023, Northern California saw 470 fires caused by lightning, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Southern California experienced 174 fires caused by lightning. What is dry lightning?

Engines can malfunction; big lightning storms can leave no room to escape; sunny mornings can turn into dark, threatening afternoons. If yours is the only boat in the area during a lightning storm, ...