A team has developed the world's first technology to prevent damage caused by "positive lightning," which frequently occurs in offshore wind farms during winter. Just as voltage has positive and ...

Jun. 14—A St. Joseph man and his family are thankful they are safe — and for a neighbor's quick thinking — after an overnight lightning strike set their home ablaze last weekend. Doug Conrad awoke to ...

Bill Burton: Lightning Part Two. Last week we tackled negative lightning. And negative lightning just kind of brings you down. Positive lightning just uplifts you. That's the difference, right? Tawana ...

We tend to think of all lightning strikes as being the same, but as is the case with other electrical currents, lightning comes in two flavors: negative polarity strikes and positive polarity strikes.

The electronics staff at the U.S. Weather Service in Chicago caught what meteorologist stated was "most likely" a positive lightning strike on the dash cam just a few hundred yards from the office.

A woman in Boynton Beach, FL has captured a rare positive lightning strike on camera. "Wow," is pretty much all we can say, possibly followed by some expletives. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

As particles rub together from wind friction in a thunderstorm, the charges separate and static electricity develops. The negative charges or electrons separate to the bottom of the thunderstorm, ...