Scott Butner, a retired PNNL scientist-turned-landscape photographer, has chased lightning storms much of his life.

To get breaking news alerts, click here Thundering booms could be heard across much of South County on Wednesday evening as the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario swept across Southern California. The ...

Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but for natural phenomena, the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s) ...

Federal maps show dry lightning up and down the center of California, from below Fresno to the Oregon border. Though people spark the vast majority of wildfires, lightning strikes have caused some of ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — During yesterday's thunder and lightning storms ten new lightning cause fires were started on the Bitterroot National Forest. Officials say over 500 lightning strikes were confirmed ...

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When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a ...