Lightning struck a giant redwood tree during Thursday’s rainstorm, shattering it to pieces just feet in front of Michael ...

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.

Lightning in fields can be a source of nitrogen but at times can result in crop damage which, at a glance, resembles a very ...

We’ve looked at lightning issues before. Please see “Ground strikes and lightning protection of buried cables.” This headline below was found online at the URL hyperlinked here. This ABC NY article ...

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 ...

A massive tree fell onto a Hollywood home early Friday in what is being investigated as a possible lightning strike, authorities said. Hollywood Fire Rescue said crews were called to the 2100 block of ...

The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook Tuesday, Dec. 16 saying due to a lightning strike in the area, the ...

Lightning is an essential part of nature—balancing Earth’s electrical charge by transferring negative energy back to the ground. But it can also be fatal.

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature doesn’t follow our sayings. In reality, lightning plays favorites, and ...

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...