ORLANDO, Fla. — Oklahoma has officially replaced Florida as the lightning capital of the United States, recording 73 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per square mile last year. According to an ...

As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

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.

TAMPA (WFLA) – Thunderstorms in Florida are not shocking but did you know that Florida is the lightning capital of the United States? Florida, more specifically the corridor between Tampa and Orlando, ...

The most electrified place in the country is no longer the Sunshine State. New data for 2025 shows that Florida has been pushed off its long-held perch as the nation’s lightning leader, with a Great ...

Have you ever shuffled through your living room carpet in socks and touched a doorknob to be met with a pop! and a shock? That’s what’s happening in the clouds during a thunderstorm. Our eyes deceive ...