Lightning strikes in India have become an increasingly deadly disaster, with a massive surge in deaths linked to localised ...

Lightning strikes happen when electricity builds up inside storm clouds and between the clouds and the ground. Inside a thunderstorm, tiny ice particles and small hailstones bump into each other as ...

A giant burr oak named Frank, dating to before the Revolutionary War, will be removed from Northeast Kansas City starting Tuesday, after a lightning strike and other maladies made it dangerous to ...

Kimberley artist Jeanne Barnes is one of the few people — an estimated one in nine million — who have been hit by lightning not once, but twice.

It is indeed possible for trees to split apart in extreme conditions and to do so quite noisily, she said, typically when ...

Disney+'s "Percy Jackson" Season 2 finale delivers an explosive twist that deviates from the books. Here’s a breakdown of the ...

Lightning, often associated with hills and mountainous terrain, is not confined to high ground and can strike anywhere under the right atmospheric conditions, sometimes with deadly consequences, ...

From that shocking finale battle to Thalia's resurrection, here are 11 key changes the Disney+ series made to Rick Riordan's ...

Jokes abound online after US embassy posts stunning image from space, with Malaysians telling Trump they have ‘no oil... just ...

People from Florida to Washington want a piece of Frank the Liberty Tree, a huge oak between 250 and 300 years old that was struck by lightning years ago and now must come down.

It ain't easy being a demigod.

Recent winter storms across North America have sparked viral social media posts warning of a dramatic phenomenon: exploding ...