There's a place on Earth where lightning flashes almost every night—until, one day, it stopped. What causes the Catatumbo ...

A line of severe storms will bring a threat of tornadoes to all of Southeast Louisiana Saturday night in your New Orleans weather forecast. It will remain relatively mild tonight and could lead to ...

A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Wednesday at 8:40 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 9:30 p.m. for ...

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week and The Weather Authority wants you to be prepared for when severe weather strikes! Tuesday’s topic is lightning and one way to help you be prepared for ...

Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds over a green forested area, with a rain storm on the horizon.

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It takes a special storm to unleash this fleeting ... can provide the oomph necessary for cumulonimbus clouds robust enough to generate lightning.

“This creates a charge imbalance within the updraft of the cloud and in order for balance to be achieved — you get a lightning strike.” While lightning was seen in some parts of the ...

Weather warnings have been issued in parts of Spain, Portugal, France, the UK and Ireland as Storm Herminia batters countries across Europe with strong winds, heavy rain and powerful waves.

Storm clouds move over downtown Dallas as trains ... but a few storms could produce gusty winds and small hail. Lightning and very heavy rain is pretty much guaranteed. In fact, the potential ...

Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain and wind have been issued for parts of England and Wales by the Met Office after a weekend of battering by Storm Eowyn. Following miserable weekend weather ...

A British Airways plane at São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil, was struck by lightning during a ferocious storm that wreaked havoc across the city. The dramatic moment, captured on ...