GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer evenings can often deliver storms seen firing in the distance with frequent flashing, but thunder absent. This phenomenon has often been dubbed “heat lightning” but ...

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina, sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called "heat lightning." Other WRAL Top Stories It wasn't until ...

Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

During Southwest Florida’s rainy season, we experience numerous thunderstorms and plenty of lightning. In fact, Florida is known as the lightning capital of the United States. Some use the term “heat ...

As temperatures climb and thunderstorms pop up across the area, many of you are asking us if we see heat lightning or telling us you have seen heat lightning. Here's the problem: there's no such thing ...

Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you ...

Thunderstorms belong to a non-exhaustive list of surprisingly mundane things that we know surprisingly little about. Last ...