Did you hear thunder overnight? Here's how it happened, as explained by WTOL 11 Meteorologist John Burchfield.

Storms sent creeks over their banks and caused flash flooding in portions of West Virginia and Kentucky on Thursday, while a wintry mix coated trees and roads in ice and even dropped “thunder ice” in ...

A single lightning strike can release a 30 million-volt surge, enough to severely injure or kill a person in an instant.

Thundersnow, also known as a winter thunderstorm, happens when a snowstorm is accompanied by thunder and lightning. As of Monday (Jan. 6) morning, the phenomenon has been reported across much of ...

The display included thunder and lightning, wind and rain. Neither thunder nor lightning seems commonplace on any winter day. On Tuesday, the two gave a rare and vivid show of atmospheric force ...

Answer: A reader recently asked us if thunder ever occurs with snowfall. It turns out that “thundersnow” does, in fact, occur occasionally in very intense winter storms. Clouds and precipitation ...

While this makes the direct threat from thunder and lightning in the UK low, extreme weather creates many dangers that may pose a risk even after a storm has passed like damaged walls, bridges or ...

And of course, with lightning comes thunder. Lightning heats the surrounding air to as much as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is five times the temperature of the surface of the sun. When air is ...

Severe storms caused flash flooding in West Virginia and Kentucky, while icy conditions and rare “thunder ice” affected several states. Schools closed, roads were hazardous, and emergency responses ...

For most of us the only extreme weather we’re likely to encounter is thunder and lightning. We’ve all heard thunder and seen lightning, but believe it or not it’s actually possible to see ...

It's not just rain, thunder, lightning, and snow that can wreak havoc on an MLS match. Major League Soccer has policies in place for heat, too, and extreme conditions may lead to water breaks or ...

Have you ever been in a thunderstorm? The heavy rain, bright flashes of lightning, and the crashing and rumbling sounds of the thunder. It’s very exciting. Maybe even a bit scary. But what is a ...