Downed powerlines, road closures and widespread power outages across Sonoma County disrupted Christmas morning plans for ...

Dipteryx oleifera trees not only survive lightning strikes, they grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

A severe thunderstorm halted played for nearly two hours at the U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston, where lightning struck a tree Friday afternoon. Play was suspended at 4:47 p.m. ET ...

The Dixie National Forest experienced a wildfire started by a lightning strike in the Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness area ...

APTOS — A strong weather system along the Central Coast sent rain, rolling thunder and lightning strikes into Santa Cruz County overnight, but fire officials confirmed the following day that there was ...

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

A storm that moved into Northern California overnight is resulting in power outages, flooded roads and downed tree limbs.

A group home in Durham was struck by lightning during Friday night storms, residents told WRAL News. Dozens of firefighters responded quickly to the home on Gardenview Place in Durham just before 11 p ...

A 17-year-old hunter died after lightning struck him in a tree stand near Bernice, Louisiana. The coroner's office pronounced Colton Honeycutt dead at the scene, according to a Union Parish Sheriff's ...

SMITHFIELD, Va. — A lightning strike caused a house fire in the Cypress Creek neighborhood of Smithfield early Saturday morning, according to Isle of Wight Fire Rescue. Crews responded to the home ...