Lightning is one of nature’s most intense and unpredictable forces, but thankfully, we have got technology to help us stay ahead of the storm. Lightning detectors are designed to pick up the ...

The Vaisala network has more than 100 lightning sensors scattered across the country. These sensors are only 1 to 3 feet off the ground, and resemble a beehive on top of a short pole. The sensors are ...

LOUISVILLE, Colorado — A company that helps detect and map lightning strikes is working on a new technique that would detect 'continuing current' lightning, which is believed to be the most damaging ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — "The story of lightning detection really starts in Arizona, starting the 1970s," said Ryan Said, the Senior Scientist at Vaisala in Louisville, Colo. Vaisala is a global leader ...

Digi-Key, in collaboration with AustriaMicrosystems, presents a Product Training Module (PTM) for AS3935 Franklin Lightning Sensor. This PTM discusses the sensor’s features and applications. This also ...

Whenever Florida State University meteorology professor Henry Fuelberg is at home and there’s a thunderstorm, he likes to sit in a rocking chair on his covered front porch, watching the lightning and ...

First responders must often work in hazardous conditions in the moments following an incident to rescue survivors and mitigate environmental health impacts. Lightning detection systems and new ...

NANCY: TODAY’S WEATHER, NEARLY PERFECT. MILD TEMPERATURES AND NO STORMS. STEWART: BUT WE KNOW ALL TOO WELL WHAT DANGERS WE FACE WHEN STORMS ARE ROLLING THROUGH DURING THOSE HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOONS.

THE DESK. ALL RIGHT, MARQUISE, WE’LL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU. NOW, OVER TO EUSTIS, WHERE THE CITY HAS INTEGRATED ITS LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM AT ALL THE PARKS TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.

Team Tahmo has a plan to put a network of 20,000 weather stations across sub-Saharan Africa. That’s an impressive goal, and already they have pilot stations in Senegal, Chad, Nigeria, Uganda, and ...