Already this spring, two in the U.S. have been struck and killed by lightning, both while fishing from a boat.

The "lightning crouch" is a position previously thought to reduce the risk of lightning strikes but is no longer recommended by experts. The National Weather Service and the National Lightning ...

Lightning can enter your home in several ways: a direct strike, through wires or plumbing, or via the ground. Knowing which household items can be dangerous during a lightning strike is key to ...

North Carolina Department of Adult Correction/Facebook A second-related death attributed to a lightning strike while fishing occurred in Mississippi on Tuesday. Police say a fisherman was struck ...

Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama that use lightning strikes to their advantage. . | Credit: pawopa3336/Getty Images Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of ...

About 1.4 billion lightning strikes occur around the world each year — if we could harness them, it would meet roughly 1.5 percent of current global energy consumption. But that’s one of the ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...