By Kevin Ambrose It was early in NOAA’s lightning safety workshop at the University of Maryland when attendees heard how a single...

In the chaos of a thunderstorm, upward moving lightning occasionally springs from the tops of tall structures. Scientists don't fully...

by Lior Zitzman To enter a competitive and dangerous field like construction, women have a multitude of resources available to them that...

A Shift in Lightning Patterns With around 100 strikes per second, lightning currently hits the ground around eight million times per day,...

Ball lightning has been reported to appear during thunderstorms as a glow for centuries. It can range from the size of a golf ball to...

From lightning.org Often considered the grandfather of lightning protection, NFPA 780 provides valuable resource information for AHJs,...

from LPI Build and Protect April 19, 2019 HARTFORD, Conn., April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — According to the American Institute of...

Here’s a list of ten possible outcomes: 1) Deep entry and exit wounds can occur where the lightning strikes the body and then exits the...

Old, improperly installed or maintained lightning rods do not equate to a lightning protection system. It's important that property...

From Build and Protect Winter 2019 issue 20 The earth experiences 100 lightning flashes per second and the U.S. alone has more than 40...

How Thunderstorms Form Thunderstorms develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground. These pockets of warm air then...

from National Weather Service Some workers are at greater risk than others. People who work outdoors in open spaces, on or near tall...

There are four basic types of lightning damage: physical damage, secondary effect damage, electromagnetic effect damage, and damage...

Lightning caused a fire at the Prospect School in Hempstead, NY. It forced the district to send students to other facilities across town...

Author Manoj Joshi Over the past few weeks, as the horror of wildfires across Northern America disturbed all of us, we could not help...

Thunderstorms can be scary sometimes. Whether you are an adult or a child (or even a pet), deafening “BOOMS” and brilliant flashes of...

Here are a few fun ways to teach kids about the science behind lightning and weather. From Weatherwizkids.com. Lightning Experiment: Here...

Thunder is that sound in the sky that is all too familiar. While spring is here and summer is approaching, it is necessary to ask...