Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Penn State-led study reveals the hidden chain reaction that starts lightning, linking electrons, X-rays, and gamma rays. (CREDIT ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A month after State of Franklin Healthcare Associates (SOFHA) received a financial lifeline from Ballad Health, one of SOFHA's clinics has closed, and three more will shut ...

Looking up at the sky might seem like a simple pastime, but for those who know what to watch for, clouds tell stories that ...

Have you ever shuffled through your living room carpet in socks and touched a doorknob to be met with a pop! and a shock? That’s what’s happening in the clouds during a thunderstorm. Our eyes deceive ...

The chance of getting struck by lightning once in a lifetime is about 1 in 1.2 million. The odds that lightning reaches the ground in the first place are even higher — one in four. It’s the lightning ...

The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lightning lit up the night sky Thursday, producing hundreds of lightning strikes that created an ominous backdrop in Jacksonville. The lightning strikes were captured by viewers ...

Storm-producing fire clouds threw out hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes over wildfire-stricken British Columbia and northwestern Alberta provinces in Canada Wednesday and Thursday, ...

Viewers are sending in visuals of multiple funnel clouds, lightning strikes, heavy rains and brush fires that are happening during the strong storm Wednesday.All of the videos and pictures correlate ...

A laser that redirects lightning could be used to protect critical buildings during storms. When an electric charge builds up in clouds, lightning can either propagate downwards, from clouds to the ...

TRI-CITIES, Tenn./Va. (WJHL) — Storms rolling through the region Tuesday evening resulted in a confirmed tornado, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). A tornado warning was issued in ...