As the summer months approach, lightning activity will soon ramp up. More than 70% of lightning-related deaths take place in June, July and August. Those months are also when people spend the most ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles.

What is it? "This is what lightning looks like from the top down," wrote Anne McClain, a NASA astronauts and Expedition 73 crew member, from aboard the International Space Station, in May 2025.

Teen struck by lightning in Central Park speaks out A teenager who was struck by lightning in Central Park is recounting the terrifying and rare strike. He spoke exclusively to CBS News New York's ...

A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being the longest horizontal distance.

How to Stay Safe When Lightning Strikes Summer is a busy time for lightning strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

Thanks to Lain, Valpo (3-0, 1-0) left its first game, and its Duneland Athletic Conference opener, at the Vikings Soccer Field victorious.

South Carolina beach lightning strike injures 20 people at Lake Murray, highlighting increasing lightning dangers during summer activities as similar incidents occur in U.S.

While it's not uncommon to see these flashes of light, especially during the hot and humid days of summer, the term heat lightning is more of a colloquial term for what a person is viewing and not ...

26,000 strikes! Why there was so much lightning Wednesday night in D.C. area. Story by Jeffrey Halverson, Jason Samenow, Kevin Ambrose • 1w ...