Just before 8 a.m., Michael Valdovinos said there was a loud explosion sound that shook the floors and walls of his home, prompting everyone in the home to either scream or freeze.

Downed powerlines, road closures and widespread power outages across Sonoma County disrupted Christmas morning plans for ...

Scientists have suspected that direct lightning strikes are good for some trees, but now they’ve confirmed it. A new study shows that a tall tropical tree species called Dipteryx oleifera has evolved ...

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.

We’ve looked at lightning issues before. Please see “Ground strikes and lightning protection of buried cables.” This headline below was found online at the URL hyperlinked here. This ABC NY article ...