Lightning is a large electrical discharge produced by well-developed thunderstorms, a huge spark followed by a rumbling noise of thunder. Lightning can happen within the cloud (intra-cloud), between two clouds (inter-cloud), or from the cloud to the...

Lightning does not always strike what it threatens. (German) Lightning never strikes in the same place twice....

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Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms.[1] A bolt of lightning can travel at a speed of 220,000 km/h (136,000 mph), and can reach...

Be Prepared is the best defense against likker bolts. But as these Scouts sadly learned fisrthand, sometimes even that isn't enough. When the sky turned gray last July, no one in Troop 1, St. Helena, Calif., was particularly worried. Summer storms had brewed...

Lightning, Flyers look for an edge By FRED GOODALL Associated Press Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Tampa, Fla. -- The Eastern Conference finals have evolved into exactly the kind of series the Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning anticipated -- long, emotional...

Shane O'Brien scored two goals to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to their first road victory of the season, 5-1 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night.Vincent Lecavalier, Filip Kuba and Vaclav Prospal each scored for the Lightning, who were 0-7 away from home this...

Crews hoping for wet weather to help combat lightning-sparked wildfires in California faced a new threat Wednesday: too much rain.Flash flood warnings were posted for much of the eastern Sierra Nevada on Wednesday as the National Weather Service predicted a 40 percent chance of rain...