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

Lightning, often associated with hills and mountainous terrain, is not confined to high ground and can strike anywhere under the right atmospheric conditions, sometimes with deadly consequences, ...

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued heightened safety warnings after reports that 40 people were struck by lightning in Majaneng, a rural village near Hammanskraal in Gauteng. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — More numbers from 2025 in the world of weather are in the books. Meteorologist Adam Rutt takes a look.

Electrical equipment is particularly susceptible to lightning damage due to the conductive copper cabling used in electrical ...

Tragedy struck the Troopes Festival in the North West on Saturday.

A lightning strike has claimed the life of a teacher and left four other people injured after it struck an eight-roomed ...

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 ...

Families of victims from a lightning strike at the Mphebatho Troop festival express their grief and demand answers from the government regarding emergency response failures.