As storm season gets underway in much of the United States, the National Lighting Safety Council is spreading awareness about ...

The lightning crouch, a baseball-catcher-like stance some cite as a safeguard against lightning strikes, offers no meaningful ...

A Dipteryx oleifera tree just after being struck by lightning in 2019 ( top) versus two years later ( bottom ). The tree ...

Lightning strikes in the distance beyond the Port of Stockton's turning basin in Stockton, Calif., on December 2010. John Jensenius, a lightning safety specialist for the National Lightning Safety ...

By Rebecca Dzombak When lightning strikes a tree in the tropics, the whole forest explodes. “At their most extreme, it kind of looks like a bomb went off,” said Evan Gora, a forest ecologist ...

Twinsburg Police confirmed that Meadow Boulvard is closed at Parkview Drive and Scenic View Drive due to lightning striking a home. 19 News crews are on their way to the scene. Lightning is ...

NEIGHBORS HERE. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS KILLED IN OLATHE. A LIGHTNING STRIKES AT ONE HOME ON FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING. YOU’RE LOOKING AT VIDEO FROM THE SCENE SHOWING THE BLACKENED HOME AND ...

SEATTLE — Thunderstorms that progressed slowly over the western Washington region Wednesday evening produced lightning strikes area-wide. Some even wreaked havoc on homes and public transportation.