A first-of-its-kind study estimates that lightning strikes kill 320 million trees every year. For perspective, these dead trees account for up to 2.9 percent of annual loss in plant biomass and emit ...

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Recently the Pine Belt has been battling triple digit temperatures. But Mississippi summer weather patterns also bring in lots of rain and everything that comes with it. A ...

We’ve looked at lightning issues before. Please see “Ground strikes and lightning protection of buried cables.” This headline below was found online at the URL hyperlinked here. This ABC NY article ...

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. Security camera footage captured the strike on the property of Mike Smith, who was not home at the time but was ...

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature ...

A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...

La Paz, Bolivia (AP) — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer ...

Waco Fire Chief Robby Bergerson confirms with 25 News that a lightning strike caught a tree on fire, burning it and a nearby pile of mattress.

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia's capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer now ...

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...