On average, each lightning hit destroyed over 2.4 tons (2 metric tons) of adjacent tree biomass and approximately 80 percent of the lianas (parasitic vines) that plagued the tonka bean canopy. As per ...

An attic was struck by lightning early Saturday morning, April 5, in Cranberry Township, prompting responses from five fire ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

Parts of the car exploded onto the Illinois highway as the lightning left a hole in the car’s roof, deputies said.

Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of destruction in forests, killing or damaging trees in their blasts. But in the ...

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. (KY3) - Firefighters were hard at work this past week battling fires sparked by lightning strikes. “One of ...

Lightning hit a home in Burleson, sparking a house fire as thunderstorms moved through the area early Saturday morning, ...

L.A. firefighters have confirmed that lightning was the cause of a fire that engulfed a palm tree in Sylmar and extended to ...

Fire crews responded to a two-story apartment complex structure fire that was sparked by lightning in Sylmar. The fire was ...

Action News 5 is tracking storm damage, power outages and traffic impacts as severe weather and confirmed tornadoes tear ...