In the event of severe weather, it's important to be prepared before the storm arrives. Here's how the free AccuWeather app can help you stay ahead of the storm, especially when lightning starts.

Summer storms are expected to bring the thunder and lightning to the north state today through Thursday. A chance of thunderstorms are forecast today through Thursday in the north state with isolated ...

Thunderstorms rolled through parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and California's Central Valley early Tuesday morning, leading to thousands of lightning strikes and sparking several fires. According ...

After forecasting chances for thunderstorms and lightning over the last few days, we finally saw that activity in San Diego County on Wednesday. A Special Weather Statement went into effect as a ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Thunderstorms with chances of dry lightning might make their way to the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service. As mid-level moisture makes its way ...

One insurer has sounded the alarm after copping a $27 million hit from hail and lightning damage alone that wasn’t even ...

Southern California is in for a wild week of weather, with thunderstorms and toasty temperatures bringing both the chance of fire starts and sudden downpours, forecasters say. Tuesday is expected to ...

The odds of a potentially volatile weather event in California in California later this week are climbing. The remnants of Tropical Storm Mario in Baja California are being drawn north, setting the ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...