Imagine standing outside, the sky crackling with energy, thunder rolling in your chest. Suddenly, a flash splits the sky—and ...

The consequences of an indirect lightning strike are catastrophic. July 26, 2011— -- It's not unusual for the Plymouth, Mass., Fire Department to get a call about a lightning strike. But the ...

Lightning strikes ramp up in the summer due to the increase in warm temperatures and high humidity, ... there were 19 direct lightning fatalities in the U.S. in 2022, ...

Each strike carries billions of watts of power, posing a threat to homes and their appliances and electronics.

The lightning injuries occur just as the 25th annual National Lightning Safety Awareness Week kicks off on June 22.

Lightning rods (and the accompanying protection system) are designed to protect a house or building from a direct lightning strike and, in particular, a lightning-initiated fire.

The odds of getting hit by lightning in the US in any given year are around 1 in 1.2 million. That goes down to 1 in 15,300 over your lifetime, assuming you live to 80, according to the US ...

There is an estimated ¥100 to 200 billion (somewhere between $650 million and more than $1.3 billion US) in damage due to lightening strikes each year in Japan. Japanese telecom company, Nippon ...

When an Airbus 380 from Dubai came in for landing at Heathrow Airport on a recent stormy night in London, it was struck by a giant bolt of lightning. The event was caught on camera, giving the ...

VIENNA, Va. (WUSA) - In a rare event, firefighters said a townhome was struck twice during a storm. “Caller advises the house ...

Knowing what to do in a storm and having the best lightning-protection system installed on the boat is by no means a guarantee that lightning won’t strike. The immediate checklist for a direct hit is ...

I think the first tree we saw that survived a direct lightning strike was a Dipteryx oleifera in 2015, 2016. That tree survived, [but] the [parasitic] woody vines, lianas, in its crown died, and I ...