Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

Some residents in Sheridan say the water coming from their faucets changes color depending on the day, months after a lightning strike damaged the South Sheridan Water Facility.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

When lightning strikes, it looks chaotic. After all, it’s jagged, unpredictable, and seems to tear through the sky at random. However, there’s a hidden logic to the way it moves. Each bolt follows the ...