Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

A massive tree fell onto a Hollywood home early Friday in what is being investigated as a possible lightning strike, authorities said. Hollywood Fire Rescue said crews were called to the 2100 block of ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Lightning is an essential part of nature—balancing Earth’s electrical charge by transferring negative energy back to the ground. But it can also be fatal. That’s especially true in Florida, where ...

PATNA: Avinash Kumar’s life changed in the blink of an eye. It was 3:30 pm on April 10. Avinash, a 27-year-old truck driver, was home that day. His two children — Ansh Raj (9), and Raj Nandini (6) – ...