PHOENIX — Monsoon storms are sweeping across the Valley, bringing dust, heavy rain, loud thunder and lightning. Send your weather pictures and videos to [email protected]. We received some stunning ...

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In a breathtaking image taken on June 15, 2025, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were able to witness a powerful lightning storm over Southeast Asia. The stunning photograph, ...

As climate change escalates, intense storms are becoming more common in the tropics and elsewhere, resulting in a variety of forest impacts. Those effects are generating concern among researchers over ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...

A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. CREDIT: Photo by Liu Wei/Xinhua via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

BELIEVE THAT IT MIGHT BE LIGHTNING. AND WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING OVER THE SPACE COAST THE PAST FEW DAYS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE. WOW. JOE MARINO SNAPPED THIS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM THE ...

Scorching temperatures that baked Southern California over Labor Day weekend will continue this week paired with thunderstorms and lightning strikes that will heighten fire risks across much of the ...

This week’s persistent thunderstorms have been both a blessing and a curse. The modest relief from the recording-breaking high temperatures, the assistance with keeping lawns and plants hydrated, and ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...