Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.
Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the U.S. Not last year.
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Scientists discovered a previously unknown lightning strike that was a record 515 miles long
Scientists have revealed that a lightning bolt that occurred over a swath of the southern U.S. in 2017 was the single longest lightning strike ever recorded. At 515 miles long, the flash was the ...
The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree. The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with ...
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America's lightning capital isn't in Texas anymore - but its most lightning-prone stadium is
A small Oklahoma town overtook a tiny Texas community in 2025 as the U.S. lightning capital, where lightning density counts more than total strikes.
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