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 ...

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

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature doesn’t follow our sayings. In reality, lightning plays favorites, and ...

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...

Lightning is an essential part of nature—balancing Earth’s electrical charge by transferring negative energy back to the ground. But it can also be fatal. That’s especially true in Florida, where ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Two ...

A lightning strike sparked a fire destroying a home in The Villages. It was our No. 6 story of 2025. Multiple callers reported smoke and flames com Ma ...

The trial against Marion's former police chief is being delayed. A judge approved Gideon Cody's request to delay the trial on "interfering with judicial process" that was set to start next month. The ...

Lightning, often associated with hills and mountainous terrain, is not confined to high ground and can strike anywhere under ...

Hosanna Lutheran Church in Watertown has recently finished repairs to its roof after a lightning strike caused severe damage ...