"Thunder is impressive," Mark Twain wrote, "but it is lightning that does the work." Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most ...

As severe storms rolled through Metro Atlanta, cloud structures foretold the incoming damaging winds and heavy rain. Numerous individuals noticed this shelf cloud as it rolled into Cherokee County as ...

On July 10, 2025, in Greenville, South Carolina, USA, @samanthapweiss shared a video of an intense shelf cloud formation. In the video, dark, heavy storm clouds dominate the sky, signaling an ...

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Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...