The current NWS position is that if you’re outdoors during a lightning storm, you’re at risk no matter what, so seeking shelter is the best use of your time. “The crouch simply doesn’t ...

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“The crouch”—where you sit in a crouched squatting position with your hands over your head—is not the best course of action during a thunder and lightning storm. “If you’re caught ...

If you get caught outdoors during a lightning storm, safety experts once recommended adopting a crouched position to lessen your chances of being struck by lightning. It turns out, however ...

Such beliefs, the agency worries, could produce a lack of urgency about the need to seek safe shelter during a storm before threats of lightning intensify.

Such beliefs, the agency worries, could produce a lack of urgency about the need to seek safe shelter during a storm before threats of lightning intensify.

Hundreds of homes and businesses lost power during an early afternoon storm in Salem Thursday. Portland General Electric reported about 800 customers without power in downtown Salem around 12:20 p ...

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The storm moved out of Washington state, but while it was here, it produced a massive number of lightning strikes that were seen from off the coast to deep into eastern Washington. Radar data ...

Spectacular footage captured a rare reverse lightning phenomenon, in which electrical discharges originate from tall structures or the ground and travel upward toward the clouds. Exclusive | 'My ...

Such beliefs, the agency worries, could produce a lack of urgency about the need to seek safe shelter during a storm before threats of lightning intensify.