Four people died from lighting strikes in Florida last year, and it also injures many more people than it kills. Here's how ...

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook Tuesday, Dec. 16 saying due to a lightning strike in the area, the parish’s “Spirit of DeSoto” Christmas tree will be out of commission for the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A professor at the University of South Florida discovered something never-before-seen on Earth after analyzing a dirt sample that was struck by lightning. The phosphorus material, ...

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

On Sunday, lightning touched down at Clearwater Beach, Florida, injuring eight people. Here's what happens to your body when lightning strikes.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zimbabwe is one of the most lightning-struck places on Earth, and a mix of extreme weather and deep-rooted superstition is ...