Scientists who study lightning say the more they can learn, the more society can work to protect people and property from ...

Since 2006, more than 500 people have been killed by lightning strikes in the U.S., according to the National Lightning ...

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...

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

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.

Video / Hayden Woodward Homes in Central Auckland and Mangawhai were struck by lightning, resulting in fires as thunderstorms ...

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

From his home in Possagno, nestled in the foothills of the Italian Alps, photographer Valter Binotto captured an image ...

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.

A 43-year-old laborer was killed by a lightning strike inside his home in Barangay Jonobjonob, Escalante City, on New Year’s ...

Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked across the Bay Area as a low pressure system passed through the region this week, bringing a spattering of rain and a cooldown that is set to end as temperatures ...

Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum recently caught social media’s attention after posting a striking video showing lightning hitting the peak of the Burj Khalifa ...