Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up when ...

August 13: This story has been updated with new data on the number of lightning discharges near the North Pole. On Saturday, 48 lightning discharges were detected within 300 miles of the North Pole, ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A light pole at a U of M Flint parking lot was struck by lightning on Wednesday. The pole that was hit was in Lot T near the Harrison Street parking ramp. According to U of M ...

When Voyager 1 revealed lightning on Jupiter in 1979, something about the flashes didn’t make sense. From a distance, it seemed like the radio waves from the massive planet’s lightning bolts didn’t ...

CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A lightning strike started a fire that destroyed a structure near Ravenna Wednesday evening, firefighters said. Around 6:45 p.m. at a home on private drive Kayce Lane ...

TOLLAND, Conn. (WTNH)– Tolland Stage Road has reopened after lightning struck a utility pole Saturday night. City officials report lightning struck a utility pole in front of the Country Butcher and ...

Dramatic dashcam video caught the moment a bolt of lightning struck an electric pole in South Carolina, causing a transformer to explode — shooting a fireball into the sky beside oncoming traffic. An ...