AUSTIN (KXAN) — The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United States, according to an annual report from Vaisala Xweather. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the summer months approach, lightning activity will soon ramp up. More than 70% of lightning-related deaths take place in June, ...

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the United States — but it may have competition. A new report by environmental consulting firm AEM found that Oklahoma was the nation’s ...

There were more lightning strikes in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida last year than anywhere else in the U.S., according to a report released by the weather data firm Vaisala Xweather. Texas was ...

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It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to Kansas City, setting a new world record. "We call it megaflash lightning ...