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 ...

A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...

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

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 ...

CEDAR HILLS — The Augustus family wasn't home when a lightning bolt struck their front yard, igniting a 15-foot evergreen tree. An intense storm rolled over northern Utah County Wednesday afternoon, ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia's capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer now ...

La Paz, Bolivia (AP) — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer ...

An early morning storm proved to be a rude awakening for a West Pennsboro Township woman. At about 4 a.m. Monday, a lightning bolt appeared to have struck a pine tree in the backyard of Shirley Eckman ...

A woman prays at a tree that was struck by lightning years ago at the General Cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia. The Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 ...