The Aug. 12 strike blew concrete out of the ground near the Lake Michigan Filtration Plant's generator building, damaging ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a thunderstorm, tiny ice particles and small hailstones bump into each other as ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a thunderstorm, tiny ice particles and small hailstones bump into each other as ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a ...

(KRON) — A swarm of lightning strikes were recorded around the Bay Area in the past 24 hours. U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Adrienne Freeman told KRON4 that there were approximately 88 ...

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

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Lightning strikes are some of the most awesome demonstrations of power on Earth. We’ve all seen trees, mountains and skyscrapers struck. But if a car is struck by lightning, then what happens?

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