Few things match the awe-inspiring power of a thunderstorm. With bright flashes of lightning and loud crashes of thunder, it's no surprise that humanity has built legends around this force of nature.

The lightning injuries occur just as the 25th annual National Lightning Safety Awareness Week kicks off on June 22.

A stunning image captured by a NASA astronaut showing a red ‘sprite lightning’ above a thunderstorm is going viral again one ...

Doctors Deliver Baby After Pregnant Mom Gets Struck By Lightning Like most nonfatal lightning strikes, the one outside the Aventura Mall in Florida was not a direct hit. The bolt of electricity struck ...

It came out of nowhere, the “ungodly” sound. A deafening roar, a blazing bright light, an earth-shaking jolt. And with that ...

Since 2006, more than 500 people have been killed by lightning strikes in the U.S., according to the National Lightning Safety Council.

Lightning kills ‌hundreds of people every year in ⁠Bangladesh, which ⁠declared lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016.

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, ...

Lightning strikes have killed at least 11 people, including seven farmers, since yesterday evening (27 April), highlighting a worsening and often overlooked climate threat in Bangladesh. Among them, ...