Scientists have suspected that direct lightning strikes are good for some trees, but now they’ve confirmed it. A new study shows that a tall tropical tree species called Dipteryx oleifera has evolved ...

A severe thunderstorm halted played for nearly two hours at the U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston, where lightning struck a tree Friday afternoon. Play was suspended at 4:47 p.m. ET ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- This video will make you think twice before brushing off a lightning storm. A storm was moving through Tyler, Texas Thursday and a security camera on the campus of a school caught ...

OKAY. NO. CRAZY. OKAY, TURNING GEARS NOW, IN AMES, A MAN IS TURNING A TROUBLED TREE INTO A BIT OF A MASTERPIECE. YEAH, CHAINSAW ARTIST IS MAKING WOOD ART OUT OF A TREE THAT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Lightning strikes have sparked fires in dry land at Leneva, with firefighters spending several hours at the scene to ensure the flames were extinguished.