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 ...

Lightning is a powerful force, one seemingly capable of great destruction in the right circumstances. It announces itself with a searing flash, followed by a deep rumble heard for miles around.

Being struck by lightning may be one in a million odds, but in the last eight days, a pair of lightning strikes killed two people, including one in Jackson on July 16 that also injured 14 people.