R esearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a new physics-based tool that can predict how ...
More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won ...
Since 2011, several lightning strikes at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B have been captured with high speed cameras ...
Lightning caused most of the fires that swept across the Interior this summer, burning thousands of acres and dozens of ...
The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...
Lightning strike deaths increased in 2025 as 19 people were killed across the U.S. Men aged 20-39 were the most likely to be killed by lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Only three ...
Two hikers had their outdoor outing unexpectedly cut short after being struck by lightning near the top of Humphreys Peak near Flagstaff on Oct. 22.