The key to safely observing lightning storms is distance. By maintaining a minimum of six miles from the storm, you can drastically reduce the risk of a lightning strike. Watching from the safety of a ...

The lake's unique geography and surrounding weather patterns create a perfect storm, making it a lightning hotspot. High mountains and a large expanse of water contribute to the area's moist and ...

A line of storms track east over Homebush.Credit: Wolter Peeters But then the humidity snapped with a rainstorm that belted the city with 24 millimetres of rain in 19 minutes. Lightning flashes ...

Only then can you recock the trigger and try again. In other words, Samaras will need a stationary storm that is producing lightning again and again, right where the camera is pointing.

A 12-week-old colt is an orphan this week after its mother, a valuable broodmare, was hit by lightning in one of last week's ...

Lightning is a fact of life for wind farm owners, and one that is increasingly frequent as towers get taller and materials needed to make them change, says turbine blade expert Rosie Barnes. “Each ...

Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney dies after suffering a brain injury in last Saturday's defeat by Welshman Nathan ...

"As I started heading up the highway I was immediately in the storm, which was already horizontal rain with no visibility," he said. "I had to pull over three times when it got to heavy and couldn't ...

Dry lightning strikes have been blamed for causing a number of bushfires across Victoria. But what's the difference between dry and wet lightning?

as fierce storms battered large swathes of Australia’s east. Lightning over Sydney Harbour on January 15, 2025. [Photo: X/@JarvFromOz] Wild weather is expected to continue through the weekend ...