Keep in mind that thunder is a compression, or shock wave...caused when lightning heats the air. A 'clap' comes from a single, straight lightning segment-often overhead. Rumbles, on the other hand, ...

ATLANTA — If you heard a huge clap of thunder this morning in metro Atlanta, you’re not alone. Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan said that thunder becomes especially loud during the ...

An MLive reader has a question about why the thunder earlier this week was so loud and lasted a long time. There are two valid reasons. Elizabeth emailed me asking, “A couple days ago the storms we ...

What causes the rumbles after a lightning strike? Here's the phenomenon of thunder, explained. Much is written about lightning — why it occurs, its potential for danger and how to avoid it. Yet we ...

Thunder and lightning provide one of the earliest tangible lessons in life about physics and the hidden forces that shape our universe. Counting the seconds between a bolt of lightning and a clap of ...

No, there wasn't an earthquake -- but powerful thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail across the Chicago area may have made things sound and feel like there was. "Was anyone else just woken up by some ...