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

If you've ever wondered what actually happens to your body when you get struck by lightning, we've got all the answers for ...

Thunderstorms dropped tens of thousands of lightning strikes across Northern California the past five days. Officials warned ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

The term “lucky to be alive” may be an overused phrase, but in this case, it’s appropriate after an Edmonton woman survived ...

Scientists have just confirmed an October 2017 ‘megaflash’ set a new world record for the longest lightning streak ever ...

According to calculations published in the journal Global Change Biology by a research team at Germany’s Technical University ...

One of the Dipteryx trees in our study was struck twice in just five years," reads a statement by the authors. This lightning tolerance allows boosts the tree's ability to produce offspring by about ...

A west Edmonton resident struck by lightning during a Thursday afternoon storm was saved by quick intervention from Emergency ...

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.

According to the study's authors, each lightning strike to a Dipteryx oleifera tree killed approximately 9.2 neighbouring trees due to the electricity traveling between branches or vines.