The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

Dipteryx oleifera trees not only survive lightning strikes, they grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

Our planet is crackling with more electrical energy than ever before. Scientists worldwide are documenting an alarming trend that few people anticipated: and intense across the globe. This isn't just ...

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature doesn’t follow our sayings. In reality, lightning plays favorites, and ...

Have you ever shuffled through your living room carpet in socks and touched a doorknob to be met with a pop! and a shock? That’s what’s happening in the clouds during a thunderstorm. Our eyes deceive ...

As hotter, wetter summers drive up lightning strikes across Bengal, rural families in Hooghly are left to face deadly storms ...

LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A Lake Saint Louis family is thankful to be alive after lightning struck their home last night, setting it on fire. The lightning strike happened in the 1000 block of Pleasant ...

Louisville Fire says a lightning strike caused a house fire at a home off Brownsboro Road Tuesday night.Crews responded to a structure fire in the 2800 block of Riedling Drive around 7:08 ...