The summer months are the most common for lightning strikes to kill. In recent days, they have killed a man and sparked fires ...

And of course, with lightning comes thunder. Lightning heats the surrounding ... During a thunderstorm, each flash of cloud to ground lightning is a potential killer. However, lightning deaths ...

Ground-based devices use radio waves to scan ... "The one that you probably are thinking of is lightning comes down from above, hits you in the head — hardly ever, ever happens.

If the charge builds up enough, it flows as a massive electrical current to the ground or to another cloud. This is like a shock or a really big spark and is what we call lightning. There are lots ...

Thunderstorms and working outdoors are bad companions. As it is not possible to predict when and where the next lightning ...

Static electricity is the movement of electrons between two objects, just like lightning. Raindrops, ice particles, and hailstones bump into each other and rub together creating polarized electrical ...

Usually, rain, thunder, clouds, and lightning come as a package deal which we confusingly ... The negative charges, attracted to the positively charged ground, create a "channel" in the air.