Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.s. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather ...

In a rare sight, lightning struck the Seattle Space Needle on Monday. The Space Needle Twitter account shared a short video showing the thunderous strike.

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...