Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.
The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...
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This January, lightning struck and killed a 103-year-old grandmother while she was simply handling utensils in her kitchen ...
An Alaska Airlines flight headed from Juneau to Sitka on Monday morning was struck by lightning just before landing.
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 ...
Dubai saw an unusual moment this week when the city’s changing weather created a scene that quickly caught public attention.