In A Nutshell Penn State scientists captured the first direct evidence of trees producing faint electrical glows, called coronae, during live thunderstorms. The discharges hop erratically from leaf to ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A derecho is a large cluster of thunderstorms that most commonly forms in late spring and summer, and causes widespread ...

For the first time, researchers have observed and measured weak electrical discharges, known as coronae, on trees during thunderstorms. A new study describes the near-invisible sparkles appearing ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ever spot a rainbow on top of a thundercloud? Some of our First Coast News Weather Watchers did on Wednesday afternoon in the Jacksonville area. The technical term for this is an ...

Last Thursday night's storm was certainly one for the books, knocking out power to an estimated 65,000+ to viewers in our DMA. Storm reports flooded into Chime In and speculation started to grow about ...

A derecho is a large cluster of thunderstorms that most commonly forms in late spring and summer, and causes widespread destruction to trees, power lines and sometimes structures. Here's what this ...