Lightning

Uttar Pradesh: 14 killed by lightning, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announces Rs 4 lakh compensation for kin

According to the relief commissioner's office, four deaths due to lightning were reported from Banda, two from Fatehpur and one each from Balrampur, Chandauli, Bulandshahr, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Kaushambi, Sultanpur and Chitrakoot districts

Indonesia: Security guard struck by lightning in Jakarta; watch viral video here

Fortunately, the security guard is alive survived the lightning strike with minor burn injuries

Lightning kills soldier, injures two in Kashmir: Why this natural phenomenon occurs and what makes it so deadly

Lightning strike: In the first week of June this year, 27 people were killed due to lightning strikes in West Bengal and four passengers of a Mumbai-Kolkata flight were injured due to lightning activities

From WASP-76b's iron rain, Titan's methane lakes to Jupiter's lightning storm: Four cases of alien weather

In this search for life, astronomers have found a huge variety of potential worlds out there.

Lightning might've given early Earth the boost it needed to support life

Phosphorus is a vital building block of life as we know it and lightning strikes produce 110 and 11,000 kilogrammes of phosphorus a year.

Captivating 'blue jets', 'elves' spotted over Pacific Ocean by observatory at space station

An observatory on the space station captured a single blue jet and four ‘elves’ – UV emissions from the bottom of the ionosphere – during a thunderstorm.

Thunderstorms, lightning leave 110 dead in UP and Bihar, Nitish, Adityanath announce Rs 4 lakh ex gratia for next of kin

According to a statement put out by the department, the deaths in lightning strikes occurred in 23 districts of Bihar, with Gopalganj accounting for the maximum number of casualties at 13.

Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat to receive heavy rains, predicts IMD; strong winds likely over north Bay of Bengal

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that isolated places over Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat are likely to receive heavy rainfall

IMD predicts heavy rains for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal; thunderstorm, lightning likely over Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are likely to receive heavy rainfall on Wednesday

IMD predicts heavy rains for Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal today; thunderstorm, lightning likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that isolated places in Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are likely to receive heavy rainfall