A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...

A megaflash is a lightning discharge of very long distance and/or duration that satellites can detect. A reanalysis of a ...

Cumulatively the drought map is showing signs of less stress in Plains each week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

In fact, Kansas City is at the core of the Level 3 out of 5 “enhanced risk,” according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, which signals the possibility of an isolated EF2 ...

The GOES satellites are a major part of the puzzle, since they continuously monitor the sky. They also identified the longest ...

Mother Nature in July brought rain and storms to parts of the Plains, Regina Bird writes in her monthly column.

LAWRENCE — A fascinating new book chronicling transformation on the plains of Kansas and western Colorado uses repeat photography — contemporary re-creations of 1870s photos — to reveal ...