In the event of severe weather, it's important to be prepared before the storm arrives. Here's how the free AccuWeather app can help you stay ahead of the storm, especially when lightning starts.

Thunderstorms rolled through parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and California's Central Valley early Tuesday morning, leading to thousands of lightning strikes and sparking several fires. According ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Thunderstorms with chances of dry lightning might make their way to the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service. As mid-level moisture makes its way ...

Picture this: You’re stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you ...

The Department of Fire and Emergency services released a statement on Sunday night claiming there had been a “high volume of ...

After forecasting chances for thunderstorms and lightning over the last few days, we finally saw that activity in San Diego County on Wednesday. A Special Weather Statement went into effect as a ...

Southern California is in for a wild week of weather, with thunderstorms and toasty temperatures bringing both the chance of fire starts and sudden downpours, forecasters say. Tuesday is expected to ...

Brisbane AC/DC fans could be thunderstruck tonight, with potential storms forecast to hit the city right as the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — KGW has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Wednesday morning due to the chance of scattered lightning and thunderstorms. There were two clusters of thunderstorms in the Portland metro ...

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