Lightning-sparked fires can be a big deal: The Canadian wildfires of 2023 generated nearly 500 million metric tons of carbon emissions, and lightning-started fires burned 93% of the area affected.

Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned.

Northeast Wisconsin U.S. Army vet talks about conflict in Iran and life near combat zones (WLUK) -- Northeast Wisconsin has been home for Jeffery Vollmer. He returned after retiring from the U.S. Army ...

The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United ...

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States – but it may have competition. A new report by environmental consulting firm AEM found that Oklahoma was the nation’s ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee ranks 9th in the nation for lightning strikes, averaging nearly 2 million bolts each year. Related: First Alert Weather Day declared ahead of strong thunderstorm ...