Each year in the United States, lightning strikes an average of about 300 people. A direct hit by a bolt of lightning kills about 20 people per year. Those who survive a lightning strike – with ...

Thunderstorms are one of nature's most fascinating and dangerous occurrences. We have all witnessed a lightning bolt illuminating the night sky and heard the booming crack of thunder that follows. As ...

For centuries, witnesses have described luminous spheres appearing during or after thunderstorms. The reported objects may hover, drift, pass near buildings and vanish quietly or with a sharp sound, ...