Lightning

A driver lived to tell the story after lightning hit his truck while he was on a very tall bridge in Lake Charles.

They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but this small town in Texas is known to have the most lightning strikes in the entire United States.

From the turnouts on Trans Mountain road in El Paso, you can watch lightning storms form and drift in from miles and miles away. You sometimes even get the feeling you're at the same level. I love watching lightning storms from up there but there's one city in Texas where the odds of seeing lightning are way higher.

Louisiana's weather rollercoaster, from thunderstorms to sunny skies, can be extremely dangerous. Maybe your Maw Maw was right.

Watch as a few firefighters in Jeanerette, Louisiana run for cover as soon as lightning struck near their fire station.

According to Christopher Fontenot he was able to debunk the myth that lightning doesn't string the same place twice. He says a communication tower in Plaquemine was struck 15+ times during Monday's storms.

Two tanks were destroyed in the blaze that was believed to have been started by a lightning strike from a strong thunderstorm.

This was not what Birgitt Thurman was expecting to see when she stepped outside to film the storm this afternoon.

Ribardi stepped outside her front door seconds before a bolt of lightning struck a tree in her neighbor's yard, sending debris flying inches from her face.

It's one of Louisiana's biggest Spring and Summer dangers. It's lightning. This video is proof why you should stay inside when storms are moving through.

While driving in Chicago, Anja Englert witnessed a lighting strike that was a little too close for comfort.

They say lighting never strikes twice in the same place. However, we know where it strikes more often than most places. Welcome to summer in Louisiana.