Thunder isn’t just loud noise. Its pitch, rumble, and duration are shaped by the exact path lightning takes through the air.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An intense thunderstorm system moved into Southern California from northern Mexico on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, bringing scattered ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lightning is common here in Central Florida, and so are the loud claps of thunder that follow. Thunder is the sound caused by a nearby flash of lightning. Here’s the process. Within a ...

CLEVELAND — Some lightning and thunder accompanied Wednesday night’s wintry weather. You might have heard some of the rumbles as the freezing rain and rain moved through. The lightning was most ...

Sacramento endured episodes of pounding rain this past weekend and meteorologists say more is on the way. Maybe you were awake early Monday morning and heard the sound of thunder and lightning strike ...

Thursday morning's storm put up quite a light and sound show and some of you may even have felt the thunder shake your homes. Heavy rain and lightning will continue on Thursday. Although the risk for ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Whenever we think of thunderstorms, the first things that come to our mind are lightning, thunder, and heavy rain. But can there be a thunderstorm without any rain ever reaching the ...

Monday remained bright and sunny in L.A. as dark clouds from Arizona rolled over other parts of Southern California, bringing isolated thunderstorms with them in Riverside and Anaheim, among other ...

Editor's Note: Chicago's O'Hare and Midway Airports were both under ground stops due to thunder and lightning Friday morning. O'Hare's ground stop will continue through 9:30 a.m. Many in the Chicago ...