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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the National Lightning Safety Council, out of all 50 states, New Jersey has had two fatal lightning strikes this year, which ties us for the most, along with North Carolina, Georgia, ...