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.

LIFELINE BY CALLING OR TEXTING NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT. AND ALREADY THIS STORM SEASON, WE’VE HAD A SCARY RUN OF LIGHTNING IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. TAKE A LOOK AT A SNIPPET OF LIGHTNING WE SAW LAST NIGHT. IT WAS ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Over the summer, Manatee County officials installed a new lightning detection system at public pools and splash pads. And just last week, they installed the first one at a local ...

Lightning is one of nature’s most relentless forces, flashing more than 2 billion times worldwide every year. More than just a dramatic light show, it’s a key signal of what’s happening inside the ...

Florida has long been regarded as the lightning capital of the U.S. Not last year.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A historic shift took place last year with regard to lightning activity. Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AEM) has a ground-based lightning detection network (Earth ...