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

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.

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 ...

If you get caught outdoors during a lightning storm, safety experts once recommended adopting a crouched position to lessen your chances of being struck by lightning. It turns out, however ...

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

It’s clear that if a lightning storm catches us outside, the advice is that we must never take shelter under a tree. We should also be cautious around large bodies of water like the ocean ...

“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 ...

These are the incredible winners of the 2024 Storm Photos of the Year competition. From lightning dancing over volcanoes to ...

The current NWS position is that if you’re outdoors during a lightning storm, you’re at risk no matter what, so seeking shelter is the best use of your time. “The crouch simply doesn’t ...

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