For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature ...

Answer: It was photographed just before the Sanibel Causeway on Aug. 16 at 11:17 p.m.

Lightning is a powerful force, one seemingly capable of great destruction in the right circumstances. It announces itself with a searing flash, followed by a deep rumble heard for miles around.

Lightning strikes are some of the most awesome demonstrations of power on Earth. We’ve all seen trees, mountains and skyscrapers struck. But if a car is struck by lightning, then what happens?

Dramatic dashcam video caught the moment a bolt of lightning struck an electric pole in South Carolina, causing a transformer to explode — shooting a fireball into the sky beside oncoming traffic. An ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Casey Hutchings, a fire captain for the Cal Fire unit in Fresno County, was caught in a lightning siege Sept. 2 while looking for the ignition source of a wildfire on the outskirts of ...

The storm clouds in the distance swirled, but it was unclear whether they should seek shelter. Suddenly, a flash of lightning struck the 15th green on July 8 as Simon Mariani played in an Ironman of ...

Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked across the Bay Area as a low pressure system passed through the region this week, bringing a spattering of rain and a cooldown that is set to end as temperatures ...