The United States has a new lightning champion. Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning capital, ...

Oklahoma has surpassed Florida as the nation's new lightning leader, recording about 73 flashes per square mile in 2025. This shift is attributed to an unusually active severe weather season in ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

More numbers from 2025 in the world of weather are in the books. Meteorologist Adam Rutt takes a look. Though severe weather season is still several months away, we can look back at what we saw last ...

Weather alerts are in effect as rounds of showers and potentially thunderstorms move through the Carolinas tomorrow. A steady rain will be with areas, especially west of Charlotte, tomorrow morning, ...

Lightning strikes from dry thunderstorms lit up parts of the Bay Area Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service said there were roughly 5,000 lightning strikes in parts of the East Bay and the ...