NORFOLK, Va. — Lightning is a common occurrence in Virginia and North Carolina, but have you ever wondered how and why it forms? Think of the formation of lightning as if you are playing with ...

As torrential rain, large hail and lightning lashed western Victoria on ... Shelf clouds, otherwise known as arcus clouds, ...

Scientists still debate the details of how exactly lightning forms, but it likely has to do with what happens when a cloud is floating in the freezing air high above us. Tiny ice particles form ...