Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a ...

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod ...

More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won't feel a thing, thanks to lightning protection measures that are embedded ...

BEFORE IT ARRIVES. 11 NEWS REPORTER KIM DACEY HAS THE STORY FROM GLEN BURNIE. >> ALL 13 HIGH SCHOOLS IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY HAVE THE NEW ALERT SYSTEM THAT DETECTS LIGHTNING AND SAVES LIVES. [SIREN] >> ...