Word of mouth may not always alert beachgoers of looming thunderstorms, so one Jersey Shore community plans to use sirens with high-end technology to bystanders at the earliest sights of lightning. A ...

A network of lightning listening stations, which promises to improve our ability to monitor thunderstorms and predict cyclone strength, should be complete next year says its director. Every second ...

Lightning has fascinated and excited humans for as long as they have watched the skies. Although meteorologists understand the cloud conditions necessary to produce it, lightning cannot be forecasted.