“If you’re caught outside during a thunderstorm, the best plan of action is to move as fast as you can to a safer place,” John Jensenius, a lightning safety specialist with the National ...

The National Weather Service and the National Lightning Safety Council advise that the crouch offers no significant protection from lightning. Experts emphasize that seeking immediate shelter ...

If you get caught outdoors during a lightning storm, safety experts once recommended adopting a crouched position to lessen your chances of being struck by lightning. It turns out, however ...

It’s important to follow lightning safety precautions when thunderstorms roll into your area, but there is one piece of advice you should let fall to the wayside: the lightning crouch.

Lightning caused havoc in Northeast Ohio Wednesday. A house was struck in Twinsburg Wednesday afternoon. JoJo and her husband ...

Both the National Weather Service and the National Lightning Safety Council stopped recommending the crouch 17 years ago after weather service analyses showed it offered no significant protection.

Both the National Weather Service and the National Lightning Safety Council stopped recommending the crouch 17 years ago after weather service analyses showed it offered no significant protection.