Experts warn that outdoor events - from concerts to festivals to ball games - are increasingly vulnerable to deadly threats ...

The National Weather Service has warned of a large storm system bringing heavy rain and a threat of tornadoes to the Ohio and ...

First, lightning sparked two infernos in Southern California. Then, one fire's intense heat spawned damaging fire tornadoes.

Severe storms were forecast into Monday across Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois and down to Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

Indiana averages about 22 tornadoes a year, according to NWS, but there's a lot of myths out there about the weather phenomena.

Myth: Tornadoes only occur during 'tornado season ... struck the Chicago metro area between 1855 and 2008. Belles said lightning does not shy away from striking the same spots twice — especially ...

"The hazards associated with these thunderstorms are frequent lightning, severe thunderstorm wind gusts, hail, and a minimal threat of tornadoes," the National Weather Service said in a statement.

Heat is responsible for the highest number of fatalities, but flooding killed more than 90 Americans and lightning, tornadoes and high winds during thunderstorms claimed 74 lives that year.

NARA—Of the six teenagers rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning in a schoolyard during an evening soccer practice here, two remain in critical condition in the hospital on April 11.