You may have heard non-stop thunder during Saturday's storms. Here's how it happened.

Florida led the nation with four lightning-related deaths in 2025. Experts share how to stay safe when thunderstorms approach ...

While I was safely inside of a friend's house, the booming sounds of thunder were unlike anything I had ever heard. Each ...

Sound of thunder varies depending on distance of listener from lightning as atmosphere muffles and absorbs sound ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thunder is created by the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. Lightning can reach temperatures of 54,000°F (30,000°C)—five times hotter than the ...

An MLive reader has a question about why the thunder earlier this week was so loud and lasted a long time. There are two valid reasons. Elizabeth emailed me asking, “A couple days ago the storms we ...

How lightning creates thunder, why you see the flash before the boom, and how to tell if a storm is getting closer.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Have you ever wondered why thunder can have different sounds? A crack versus a rumble? Startlingly loud versus calmingly low? Let’s dive in … The basics: what is thunder? Electrical ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lightning is common here in Central Florida, and so are the loud claps of thunder that follow. Thunder is the sound caused by a nearby flash of lightning. Here’s the process. Within a ...

The Cascades and Puget Sound region could get thunderstorms as a brief change in the weather rolls in. Throughout the day ...