No, there wasn't an earthquake -- but powerful thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail across the Chicago area may have made things sound and feel like there was. "Was anyone else just woken up by some of the loudest thunder they've ever heard in their life?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thunder is created by the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. Lightning can reach temperatures of 54,000°F (30,000°C)—five times hotter than the sun’s surface! The air surrounding a lightning ...

An MLive reader has a question about why the thunder earlier this week was so loud and lasted a long time. There are two valid reasons. Elizabeth emailed me asking, “A couple days ago the storms we got through Kent County were really weird sounding.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The last time we heard thunder in West Michigan was just about two months ago. On the 21st of October, we not only observed rain and storms, the storms were producing hail. The rather rare late December thunderstorm is on the menu from ...

What would make a deep elongated metal vibrating sound of thunder? Twice on Monday August 29 my husband and I heard this strange sound coming from the sky that appeared to be a type of thunder and lasted like a rolling thunder. Thunder is “the sound of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — We may be headed for a wet and rainy Thunder Over Louisville this year. While Thunder has never been canceled for rain, possible thunderstorms are in the forecast on Saturday, April 18. Saturday is a Weather Impact Alert Day due to the ...