GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Have you ever looked up to the sky during a storm to see a massive bolt of lightning and wondered how does that form? Well, the WITN WEATHER TEAM has you covered... STEP #1: ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — After a soggy week in the Coastal Bend, not only did we see some heavy downpours but we saw some thunderstorms roll through too. What follows behind thunder? Of course, it's ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Thunderstorms are very common occurrences across Nebraska and Iowa during the Spring and Summer months, so common that you may not think twice about those flashes of light and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with magnets.

As summer begins and more people spend time outdoors, Floridians know that it’s likely to storm each afternoon from June to August. While lightning is fascinating to watch, it is also extremely ...

First of all, to get lightning we need warm air that is forced upwards. We call this the updraft and in that updraft, we have ice particles and water particles that collide and create positive and ...

Summer 2024 is already smokin’ hot, and not in a good way. Deadly heat waves and record-breaking temperatures are affecting millions of Americans in the warmest months of the year. Summer ...

Summer 2023 was smokin’ hot, and not in a good way. Deadly heat, wildfires and dangerous air quality conditions affected millions of Americans in the warmest months of the year. Summer thunderstorms ...

In the United States, most lightning deaths are reported during the summer months, with July being the deadliest. Lightning strikes ramp up in the summer due to the increase in warm temperatures and ...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — East Tennessee saw some severe weather as we started the second week of May, which caught many by surprise. One threat we saw plenty of was lightning, and we were not alone.