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Firefighters in Grafton responded to a home that was heavily damaged Saturday morning due to a lightning strike.The Grafton Fire Department said they were responding to a two-car crash with minor ...
Why Some Places Attract Lightning Strikes Again and Again Posted: 17 May 2025 | Last updated: 17 May 2025 Scientists have confirmed that lightning can — and often does — strike the same place ...
Lightning struck a Raleigh home on Thursday night, causing it to catch fire. The call came in just before 11:30 Thursday night on Glenwood Avenue near the Five Points neighborhood. The WRAL ...
A police cruiser was hit by a strike of lightning in Newcastle, Oklahoma. Screengrab from the Newcastle Emergency Management's Facebook post. Surveillance video at the New Castle Police Department ...
Berhampur: Two people were killed after being struck by lightning at Narayanpur under Ganjam district's Jarada police limits on Monday. The deceased were identified as Sakili Kaniwari, 56 ...
Florida consistently leads the nation in lightning strike density, as in strikes per square mile, according to meteorologist Chris Vagasky, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Miami-Fort ...
Illustration photo of a lightning strike in France: Photo by Renaud Confavreux on Unsplash A lightning strike hit a zoo in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the south of France on Wednesday ...
A Fort Caroline apartment caught fire Saturday morning after an apparent lightning strike, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. “I was making breakfast and all of a sudden ...
The National Lightning Detection Network counted all of the lightning flashes and strikes across our Michigan sky last Thursday and Friday. You won’t believe how many lightning events we had in ...
Lightning strikes in Shropshire, captured over the Lond Mynd, on May 12. However, the weather has since returned to warm and dry conditions, with a high of 23°C in the West Midlands yesterday.