Thunder and lightning are two of nature's most awe-inspiring yet terrifying phenomena. Have you ever wondered how a lightning ...

Cloud-to-ground lightning occurs when the ground charges reach the cloud. ... The thunder travels at the speed of sound, about 1,000 feet per second. A mile is just over 5,000 feet long.

We’ve all been there: a calm day suddenly gives way to dark clouds, the rumble of distant thunder, and the flash of lightning ...

In both cases, lightning is dangerous. However, the positively charged cloud-to-ground lightning scenario is more dangerous because lightning must travel a further distance, which means it's stronger.

The higher frequencies are easily absorbed by everything around us, and thunder arrives to our ears at different times because of different lightning discharges in a single cloud or multiple clouds.

Not all lightning hits the ground; most of it stays within the clouds. When it does reach the ground, it travels at around 200,000 miles per hour. And for a brief moment, it heats the air around ...

Miller's advice is to get indoors if thunder comes rolling within 30 seconds after you see the lightning. Vagasky is more cautions. "There is no safe place outside during a thunderstorm," he said.

Lightning begins as static charges within a rain cloud. ... The expansion generates a shock wave, which creates a booming sound wave, known as thunder. Lightning can cause wildfires.

As we go throughout the morning, we’ll start to see showers slowly develop throughout the area, and those showers and storms ...

Hold onto your hats, Portland, or maybe just stay inside: The Portland area has a 20 to 25% chance of thunder and lightning Monday afternoon and evening, along with a 5% to 10% chance of hail and ...