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?

Kylie Smith, an honors student and soccer standout at Webster-Schroeder, survived a lightning strike thanks to the quick ...

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For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature ...

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WSMV) - A lightning strike has once again been named the cause of a fire at an apartment complex in Mt. Juliet. The Mt. Juliet Fire Department said the Glass Creek Apartments were ...

A 17-year-old hunter in Louisiana was killed over the weekend by an apparent lightning strike, according to officials in Union Parish. Officials say first responders found Colton Gauge Honeycutt, of ...

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. Security camera footage captured the strike on the property of Mike Smith, who was not home at the time but was ...

In October 1998, a shocking occurrence took place during a football match in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A bolt of lightning struck the pitch and resulted in the loss of the lives of 11 players ...

A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected ...