A nationwide lightning report shows Texas ranked No. 1 in total flashes and thunderstorm hours last year. Here's where ...

A Texas wind turbine that reportedly caught fire due to a lightning strike sent columns of black smoke rising high into the ...

After four years bouncing between Florida and Texas, America’s lightning capital shifted north in 2025, as a small Oklahoma community overtook longtime lightning hot spots in the South. While Florida ...

A wind turbine in Breckenridge, Texas, caught fire on Saturday after being struck by lightning. The rotor of the Stephen County turbine broke off and continued burning on the ground.

That mega lightning strike, called a megaflash, started over Texas and stretched all the way to near Kansas City during a major thunderstorm in October 2017. The World Meteorological Organization says ...

A lightning strike caused a wind turbine in Breckenridge to catch fire, officials said.

HARPER, Texas — A Central Texas school district is closed Friday after a lightning strike caused limited access to several services. According to a Thursday social media post from Harper ISD, the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There is a new lightning capital in the U.S., with Oklahoma unseating Florida in lightning strike density, according to a new AEM report. The report revealed that Oklahoma saw ...

After four years bouncing between Florida and Texas, America's lightning capital shifted north in 2025, as a small Oklahoma community overtook longtime lightning hot spots in the South. While Florida ...