Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a ...

Pinpoint Futuretrack has strong storms affecting the South Sound, including Lewis, Thurston, Mason counties up to Tacoma from ...

Such beliefs, the agency worries, could produce a lack of urgency about the need to seek safe shelter during a storm before threats of lightning intensify.

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

In fact, Shao added, the strongest electric field ever detected inside storm clouds was 10 times weaker than what would be needed to spark lightning based on that theory. To solve the long ...

Look out for warnings of thundery showers, storm force upland winds and torrential rain – and be prepared to change your plans if necessary. Local weather forecasts, while generally accurate, can’t ...

“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 ...

The National Weather Service released an updated severe thunderstorm warning at 9:04 p.m. on Monday in effect until 9:30 p.m.