Lightning is a powerful force, one seemingly capable of great destruction in the right circumstances. It announces itself with a searing flash, followed by a deep rumble heard for miles around.

Amid the nation’s first heat wave of the summer season, lightning killed one honeymooner enjoying the beach in Florida and injured 20 others cooling off on a South Carolina lake. More than 30 people ...

As humans have co-existed with lightning for so long, many of us look at it as a fascination rather than for the danger it can pose. Thunderstorms do have their beauty, and our understanding of the ...

The majority of people struck in the U.S. survive but can have health problems. It was a terrifying spectacle. From a distance, it looked like a giant pillar of flame had leaped from the sky and ...

Lightning strikes near the Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) They say lightning never strikes twice. But in recent days it ...

Summer is a busy time for lightning strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said. By Johnny Diaz Reporting from Miami In June, a ...

The locations circled in red are the lightning attachment points on the forward fuselage of the United 787. Credit: NTSB Industry safety groups advise flight crews to avoid areas with lightning ...

Lightning is among the dazzling forces of nature, which is beautiful yet terrifying and can strike out of nowhere and change lives in an instant. Most of us have seen lightning storms from the safety ...

The locations circled in red are seal damage to the windshield caused by lightning strikes on a United Air Lines Boeing 787. Credit: NTSB The weather that existed for departure from London’s Heathrow ...

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?