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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...