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

Blown eardrums are also common, and the percussive nature of lightning can also damage the eyes. Pregnant women struck by lightning often survive, but their unborn children often don’t. For whatever ...

Lightning strikes sear clothing, scar skin, and deafen ears. A lot can happen in the three-thousandths of a second it takes for a lightning bolt to course through your body.

People struck by lightning can suffer burns, pain and long-term mental damage. June 5, 2009— -- After Tuesday's lightning strike, 12-year-old Chelal Matos' death in Virginia's Spotsylvania ...

After a lightning strike, "thermal burns, breathing problems, confusion, irregular heart beat and cardiac arrest can all occur." Florida has had 2,000 over the past 50 years, he said.

Tennessee man who survived lightning strike turns to life of giving 08:55. ... He says the scars are still visible, his balance isn't the best and his hearing is impaired, ...

Only 10 percent of lightning strikes are fatal, according to the NWS Storm Data, which leaves 90 percent of lightning strike victims with various degrees of injuries, disabilities and stories to tell.

Lightning can cause unexpected tree deaths well after the strike For some trees when there is a small or no lightning scar, the tree appears to be fine only to die suddenly between two and 12 ...

The most severe injuries tend to come from direct strikes, according to the National Weather Service. Ground strikes, however, are more common and account for 50 percent of strikes. For these, ...

In a social media post, Treetops Resort says a strike on the 11th fairway of the Smith Tradition Golf Course left a scar. Pictures show black stretches that look like bolts of lightning burned ...