Scientists have started steering lightning with lasers — here’s how

Lightning kills thousands of people annually; only protection we have is lightning rods, which were invented 300 years ago 

Jharkhand farmers, tribal areas remain at mercy of lightning

Over 500 died in the last decade due to lightning; Schools say conductors don't work, get stolen 

Climate change-related lightning strikes to spike wildfire risk globally: Study

Analysis finds over 40% increase in lightning; global occurrences to go up over land and oceanic region of Southeastern Asia

Global warming: Arctic lightning strikes up drastically in 2021

The North Pole saw 7,278 lightning strikes in 2021 — nearly double in the previous nine years combined  

'Andhra Pradesh lightning strikes were not record breaking'

Down To Earth interviews Earth Networks, a global organisation which helps track lightning strikes through a network of sensors placed around the …

What caused 41,000 lightning strikes across India on April 16?

Lightning strikes kill more people in India than any other extreme weather event but they go largely unnoticed

In thunder, lightning, or... Gamma rays may warn you of the next hurlyburly

Radiation sensors can predict lightning within 10 minutes and around 2 kilometers of where they happen

Poorer countries must be compensated for climate damage. But how exactly do we crunch the numbers?

Most nations signed up to an agreement to establish a so-called loss and damage fund last year

Death by lightning: facts and figures

Lightning has killed 56 in Bihar and 42 in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours. Here are some numbers that define this leading cause of accidental …

South America witnessed extreme lightning strikes in 2018, 2019: WMO

While a strike in Brazil travelled the longest distance, one in Argentina lasted for the longest duration recorded till now  

State of Extreme Weather: How was January-April 2023 compared to January-April 2022

In the first four months of 2023, at least 33 states/UTs reported extreme weather events. In contrast, 27 states/UTs recorded extreme …

Wildfires will be more frequent, larger and intense due to climate change: UNEP

Lightning strikes and air pollution will also increase due to wildfires according to the UNEP Frontiers report

Dear Mr Javadekar, here is why climate change is behind extreme weather events in India

Many extreme weather events can be attributed to climate change with a greater degree of certainty, but in India attribution science is still in …

3,026 people, 2 million ha crops: How 314 days of extreme weather events affected India in 2022

Highest number of people were killed in central India, largest crop area damaged in South Peninsula

US must brace for more lightning strikes in the future

Scientists predict that lightning strikes will increase by 50 per cent due to global warming

Lightning claims more lives in Odisha than any other calamity

14 deaths on September 16 takes this year's toll up to 191; Centre ignores state's plea to declare lightning a natural calamity

Over 8,000 accidental deaths in 2022 due to forces of nature, 35% due to lightning: NCRB

NCRB released its 56th annual edition of ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ on December 1, 2022

Transboundary Bengal hotspot for lightning strikes: Report

West Bengal, along with Bangladesh, received two million on-ground lightning bolts

Megaflash! New longest distance and longest duration lightnings recorded

The length is equivalent to the distance between Delhi and Ahmedabad

As told to Parliament (April 6, 2022): Many parts of India 2-4°C hotter than normal

All that was discussedin the House through the day

Lightning activity in the European Eastern Alps doubled in 40 years. What does this indicate?

Higher frequency of thunderstorms that bring lightning have a link with global warming

Lightning strikes linked to climate change: 1,697 killed in a year in India

Lightning strikes increased 34% compared to previous year in India

Lightning kills 83 people in Bihar

Many of the victims were farmers, who were sowing paddy in their fields