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

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 ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counts all of the lightning flashes and strikes across the U.S. Some Michigan ...

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

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

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

Lightning activity poses a significant danger throughout the year, regardless of the season. Over the past 12 months, the ...