The U.S. saw its most electrifying year in nearly a decade, with 252 million lightning events recorded in 2025, according to Vaisala’s Annual Lightning Report.

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.

Lightning strikes are common during rain and storms. Often, people are caught off guard without warning. Keeping this in mind, the IMD (India Meteorological Department) has created the DAMINI app to ...