Immediately after the flash, the air cools and contracts quickly. Thunder happens when the air surrounding the lightning strike heats up so fast that it causes the air to expand explosively, creating ...

Your resident weather man is back with another tale of Mother Nature disrupting our National Pastime. Although this time, unlike the recent tarp attack in Illinois and tarp-nami in Tennessee, no one ...

When thunder roars, head indoors. Lightning is one of the fastest and most dangerous weather threats, and it can strike miles away from a storm. If you can hear thunder, you’re close enough to be hit.

A man has died after possibly being struck by lightning in Waukesha on Wednesday night, April 15.

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A blast of relief from the heat and humidity of the past two days arrived Wednesday morning with the onset of rain, thunder and lightning in parts of the region — and those elements were taking their ...

Waukesha police say a man has died after a suspected lightning strike during Wednesday night’s storms. Officers and fire crews were ...