Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

A severe thunderstorm halted played for nearly two hours at the U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston, where lightning struck a tree Friday afternoon. Play was suspended at 4:47 p.m. ET ...

FEASTERVILLE, Pennsylvania -- A swim club is closed until further notice after a tree fell on a large tent, injuring nine people. Lower Southampton Township workers surveyed the damage at Dolphin Swim ...

Two people were killed and another seriously injured when lightning struck during severe thunderstorms in Belfast and Hendrina.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, ...

In Britain, lightning causes an average of two deaths a year; in South Africa, it can be well over 200. Near Pretoria over ...

LENOIR CITY, Tenn. — Gas service has been shut off to part of the Allenbrook subdivision in Lenoir City after lightning struck a gas main on Edinburgh Drive, according to a post from the Lenoir City ...

Recent winter storms across North America have sparked viral social media posts warning of a dramatic phenomenon: exploding ...

A massive tree fell onto a Hollywood home early Friday in what is being investigated as a possible lightning strike, authorities said. Hollywood Fire Rescue said crews were called to the 2100 block of ...

Lightning is an essential part of nature—balancing Earth’s electrical charge by transferring negative energy back to the ground. But it can also be fatal. That’s especially true in Florida, where ...

Lightning strikes in India have become an increasingly deadly disaster, with a massive surge in deaths linked to localised ...

PATNA: Avinash Kumar’s life changed in the blink of an eye. It was 3:30 pm on April 10. Avinash, a 27-year-old truck driver, was home that day. His two children — Ansh Raj (9), and Raj Nandini (6) – ...