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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This map of the contiguous United States shows lightning density in 2025, according to data analyzed by the Vaisala Xweather ...

" It's one of those phrases people use to describe rare events or unlikely coincidences. The idea feels intuitive – what are the odds of lightning hitting the exact same spot again? Yet this common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning is one of nature’s most relentless forces, flashing more than 2 billion times worldwide every year. More than just a ...

The Sunshine State is used to seeing lightning and hearing thunder but a new report found that the rate of bolts illuminating the sky is actually lower than during recent years. According to experts ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...

After four years bouncing between Florida and Texas, America's lightning capital shifted north in 2025, as a small Oklahoma community overtook longtime lightning hot spots in the South. While Florida ...