Thunder is the sound produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by the lightning strike to temperatures as high as 30,000°C. To see the annual variation in thunderstorm and lightning activity ...

Parts of Ireland are being zapped by lightning while thunderstorms rumble, bringing torrential rain, hailstones and flooding. Met Eireann has announced a spate of weather warnings - including a ...

The weather event is so rare that meteorologist Jim Cantore can barely contain his excitement when he's recorded in viral ...

A rare weather phenomenon rumbled across several eastern and central U.S. states this weekend as Arctic air continues to ...

residents were able to hear "booms of thunder mixed with the sound of tiny taps," the outlet reported. When thunder and lightning occur during a snowstorm, meteorologists refer to the phenomenon ...