On November 19, 2016 a new generation of NOAA's geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) blasted into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. I was on Cape Canaveral, just a few miles ...
Do you live in a lightning hotspot? A new set of maps shows just where all that discharged electricity makes contact with the ground across the United States each year. Tip: If you're worried about ...
As the summer months approach, lightning activity will soon ramp up. More than 70% of lightning-related deaths take place in June, July and August. Those months are also when people spend the most ...