Global Lightning Activity Lightning is one of nature's most dramatic spectacles, and it’s happening all around us. Every single day, lightning strikes the Earth about 8 million times. That’s like the ...

Lightning is the most common thunderstorm related hazard, striking across the United States 25 million times each year. While severe thunderstorms often produce frequent lightning strikes, by ...

On Friday at 8:18 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 9:15 p.m. The warning is for Quad Cities Area as well as ...