Lightning strikes are common during rain and storms. Often, people are caught off guard without warning. Keeping this in mind, the IMD (India Meteorological Department) has created the DAMINI app to ...

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.

MIAMI — In June, a 15-year-old was standing under a tree in Central Park in New York City when it was struck by lightning. The electrical current transferred from the tree to his chain necklace, ...

A small Oklahoma town overtook a tiny Texas community in 2025 as the U.S. lightning capital, where lightning density counts ...