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 ...

Lightning in fields can be a source of nitrogen but at times can result in crop damage which, at a glance, resembles a very ...

Lightning strikes have sparked fires in dry land at Leneva, with firefighters spending several hours at the scene to ensure the flames were extinguished.

A large tree has fallen on a house after being struck by lightning from a “sudden and violent” storm on Auckland’s North ...

Four people died from lighting strikes in Florida last year, and it also injures many more people than it kills. Here's how ...

STONEWALL, La. (KSLA) - The world’s tallest Christmas tree light structure will remain dark for the rest of the holiday season after lightning damaged the display last Saturday. The structure, which ...

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...