A crackdown on sulfur in ship fuel is linked to a steep drop in thunderclouds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.

We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...

Spring is here, and with it comes a risk of severe weather conditions running the gamut from tornadoes and heavy winds to ...

“The crouch”—where you sit in a crouched squatting position with your hands over your head—is not the best course of action during a thunder and lightning storm. “If you’re caught ...

Severe weather could knock Oregon and Washington with winds over 60 miles per hour and hail larger than golf balls.

Through Thursday morning, more rain will move through Western Washington ahead of a low-pressure system spinning out in the ...

April weather will pick up where March left off, with heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada and scattered downpours in the Bay Area and Sacramento Valley. A low-pressure system approaching the Oregon border ...

Unlike standard lightning that bolts from clouds down to the ground, sprites leap upward from storm tops, glowing red as they interact with nitrogen in the thin upper atmosphere. Most last mere ...

The storm moved through the Mid-Columbia to the north of the Tri-Cities, but the National Weather Service reported about six ...

Well, by definition, all thunderstorms produce lightning, but we don’t use that as a precursor for a warning,” he says. “If we did, we’d be issuing warnings for every thunderstorm.

Two emergency level bushfires are burning north of Perth after the City was hit by a surprise storm front in the early hours ...