A small Oklahoma town overtook a tiny Texas community in 2025 as the U.S. lightning capital, where lightning density counts ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.S.

Storms bring the risk for lightning throughout the year, but some states in the US are more prone to lightning strikes than ...

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

Florida was not the lightning capital of the U.S. in 2025, according to report by AEM. Researchers found Oklahoma led the ...

Lightning activity surged to an eight-year high by the end of 2025, with new regional hot spots emerging as the new ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – For the first time in years, Florida has lost a major weather status of lightning capital of the U.S. The ...

With that in mind, it makes a lot of sense that Texas would be among the most lightning-heavy states in the U.S. Well, that's putting it lightly. Vaisala, a Finnish company that specializes in ...