lightning

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike in a remote Ugandan town near the Congo border, Ugandan police said Friday. The children, whose ages ranged from 9 ...

When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week, it was feared many trees in ...

Non-stop bursts of lightning illuminated the night sky in Shanghai on Aug. 10. Oriental Pearl TV Tower—a broadcasting ...

NEW DELHI—Lightning strikes killed more than 100 people in India's eastern Bihar state and in the northern state ...

Suspected tornadoes killed at least two people as severe weather blasted the Deep South, and a house fire ...

A 33-year-old athlete and a father of three died after lightning struck him just before he was about ...

A South Carolina school counselor shared a video of the shocking moment he was zapped by a lightning ...

At least eight people were injured after being hit by lightning on a Florida beach, according to news ...

MOSCOW—Lightning struck a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft knocking out its auto pilot system shortly before it crash ...

A Florida man made the video of a lifetime, capturing the moment lightning struck the ocean. Clint Blevins ...

Lion County Safari officials confirmed that two giraffes were killed by a lightning strike during a storm several ...

A motorcyclist died on June 9 after he was struck by lightning while traveling down Interstate 95 in ...

A motorcyclist died on June 9 after being struck by lightning on Interstate 95 in Florida, according to ...

Shocking video revealed what happened when a lightning bolt hit a Russian rocket on its nose just 10 ...

The saying “lightning never strikes the same place twice” doesn't seem to be correct anymore. Southeast Texas experienced a ...

A Brazilian student was found dead with headphones in her ears and her phone plugged into a power ...

An Alabama teenager tragically died after being struck by lightning on his back porch the afternoon of July 26. ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Researchers at one of the nation's federal laboratories are creating simulated lightning as part of an effort ...

A plane traveling from North Carolina to New York made an emergency landing after hitting turbulence and getting ...

Bad or unusual events on Friday the 13th are imbued with the creepy allure of the day, and ...

Scientists know less about lightning than you may think. There isn't enough energy within Earth's atmosphere to produce ...

When a mother-to-be was stuck by lightning, doctors had to perform an emergency c-section, and the shocking effects ...

Sure you've heard about lava erupting from a volcano when it blows its top, but what about volcanic ...

Documenting record-setting storms for more than 20 years, Jim Reed is a premier storm chaser and extreme weather photographer. His ...

WASHINGTON—A lightning strike that injured an air traffic controller at Baltimore's main airport has exposed a potential vulnerability ...

On average lightning kills 93 people and injures 257 in America each year, according to a study by ...

A group of tourists were struck by lightning while sheltering under a rock on Luofu Mountain in China's ...