Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

(KTEN) — According to Vaisala, in 2025, there were 251,800,297 total lighting events in the US. Shady Grove, Oklahoma, saw 1,160 strikes per square kilometer, making it the lightning capital of the US ...