ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – During a thunderstorm, have you ever heard a loud clap of thunder that shook the entire house and maybe even gave you a little scare? These booming sounds are caused by ...

In the simplest terms the closer the lightning, the louder will be the thunder. When a lightning stroke is very close, several hundred feet or less, thunder sounds like a loud clap or a crack followed ...

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A bolt of lightning and a clap of thunder is a possibility across the Portland metro area Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. The National Weather Service says, “when ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - “When thunder roars, go indoors.” It’s a saying we hear a lot during the summer months. But for good reason, because lightning takes dozens of lives each year in the United ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The warmer weather has arrived, and with it, comes an atmosphere that’s increasingly unstable, producing severe thunderstorms. That’s why now is a good time the review the ...

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina, sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called "heat lightning." Other WRAL Top Stories It wasn't until ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas – You remember the saying when thunder roars go indoors? Well, this is a classic example why. Bonnie Ashby in Sugar Land shared a picture of one of her trees which was split by a ...