Globally, lightning is responsible for over 4,000 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage every year; Switzerland itself weathers up to 150,000 strikes annually. Understanding exactly how ...

With upward lightning, it is often triggered by tall objects like wind turbines, skyscrapers or radio towers. These metal objects bring the ground closer to the sky and have an easier time launching ...

LAWRENCE (KSNT) — A spectacular show of upward-moving lightning was caught on camera as it lit up the sky Tuesday night amid storms that swept through northeast Kansas. The large swath of storms ...

WICHITA, Kan. - Tuesday was indeed an electrifying night in Kansas as a photographer captured an incredible upward strike of lightning amid a raging thunderstorm. Taylor Vonfeldt, who shot the video ...

Thought Tuesday’s upward lightning strike clip from Kansas was epic? Electrifying new slow-motion footage shows veins of lightning streaking spectacularly across the sky amid an Alabama thunderstorm ...

Globally, lightning is responsible for over 4,000 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage every year; Switzerland itself weathers up to 150,000 strikes annually. Understanding exactly how ...

LAWRENCE (KSNT) — A spectacular show of upward-moving lightning was caught on camera as it lit up the sky Tuesday night amid storms that swept through northeast Kansas. Unique atmospheric phenomenon ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Mark: "I recently saw a video of upward lightning in Oregon. How and why does that happen? How rare is it?" Most of us think about lightning ...