It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

When lightning splits off like this, there's a chance it will strike the ground in multiple places. Credit: Felix Mittermeier/Unsplash Although the likelihood of a human being hit by lightning is ...

Whenever Florida State University meteorology professor Henry Fuelberg is at home and there’s a thunderstorm, he likes to sit in a rocking chair on his covered front porch, watching the lightning and ...