Word of mouth may not always alert beachgoers of looming thunderstorms, so one Jersey Shore community plans to use sirens with high-end technology to bystanders at the earliest sights of lightning. A ...

Lightning has fascinated and excited humans for as long as they have watched the skies. Although meteorologists understand the cloud conditions necessary to produce it, lightning cannot be forecasted.

A network of lightning listening stations, which promises to improve our ability to monitor thunderstorms and predict cyclone strength, should be complete next year says its director. Every second ...