The odds of being hit by lightning in any given year are less than one in a million, but one expert says that number may be ...

New research shows lightning-sparked wildfires will rise across the western U.S. as climate change fuels hotter, drier ...

Ruinous fires across the West often lead to smoke-filled days with flames tearing through large swaths of natural land. While most of these fires are started by people, many fires start because of ...

The study published last month in the science journal, Nature Physics, explains how ice can produce electricity, similar to ...

Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving.

ATLANTA — Lightning: It's fast, it's ferocious, and it's a common reality of summertime here in the south. In north Georgia, there is a nearly daily pattern of pop-up storms throughout the warmest ...

Studies show that about 90 percent of the lightning strikes to aircraft are thought to be initiated by the presence of the aircraft itself. [Credit: iStock ] Aircraft can be struck by lightning even ...

Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Lightning did not cause the historic Doerner Fir Tree Fire, officials say. Bureau of Land Management investigators said the cause of the fire has yet to be determined, but they ...