An Edmonton woman is recovering in hospital after being struck by lightning in west Edmonton Thursday as severe thunderstorms ...

We’ve long understood the broad strokes of lightning, but the what kickstarts the process—and allows for some of its weirdest ...

Sarah Greig might have a magnetic personality, or maybe she's very grounding, after her second close call with lightning in ...

While being outdoors poses the greatest risk, being indoors also does too. There are five ways lightning can strike you: a direct strike, a side flash, the ground current, conduction, and streamers.

A direct lightning strike can stop the heart and lungs instantly, and even if the heart restarts, a person may not be able to resume breathing without quick medical help.

Lightning kills about 320 million trees yearly, especially tall ones in tropical forests. It releases up to 1.09 billion tons ...

Platoon chief Mike Halls says firefighters were kept unusually busy late Wednesday and into Thursday, responding to dozens of ...

Camera footage captured the moment lightning struck a SpaceX rocket tower ahead of Friday's launch in Florida. The image SpaceX posted Friday morning shows a direct lightning strike to the lightning ...

Scientists have suspected that direct lightning strikes are good for some trees, but now they’ve confirmed it. A new study shows that a tall tropical tree species called Dipteryx oleifera has evolved ...

Columbus news stations ABC 6 (WSYX) and FOX 28 went off-air the night of July 28 due to a " direct lightning strike " on the ...