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 ...

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 ...

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Residents in Nuevo Laredo are reporting an apparent lightning strike that may have set a palm tree on ...

Through Thursday morning, more rain will move through Western Washington ahead of a low-pressure system spinning out in the ...

Investigators confirmed that a lightning strike had caused the fire, with about 50% of the home having been damaged. Although ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Berhampur: Sudden rain accompanied by thunderstorms resulted in the death of a Class X student in lightning strike near Narayanpur ... the area by deploying fire-fighters," said Sangram Panda ...

Locations like skyscrapers, mountain peaks, and isolated trees act as natural lightning magnets, drawing repeated strikes during storms ... s Creed makers fire back at Elon Musk by mocking ...