Media reports say that a lightning strike in western Japan has injured five students at a school playground, including one who remains unconscious TOKYO -- A lightning strike in western Japan ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

A lightning strike at a school playground has injured five students, leaving one unconscious, according to local media. Students were playing football at a school in Nara, near Kyoto in western ...

The person who called 911 reported hearing a loud boom consistent with a lightning strike just before discovering the fire. Crews from Sedgwick County and the Wichita Fire Department we able to ...

A lightning strike may have been the cause of a steeple fire at a historic church in St. Paul on Thursday, the fire department said. The fire didn’t extend into the church in Frogtown and no ...

The sound was not from a firearm. Instead, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said a direct lightning strike disabled the moving vehicle. A lightning strike caused parts of a vehicle to ...

Chatra: Four people died, and one sustained severe burn injuries after lightning struck in Hazaribag, followed by incessant rain. Out of the three victims, two were members of the same family.

The state has reported at least 40 deaths due to inclement weather over the past two days, with lightning strike claiming 13 lives across four districts on Wednesday. The deaths on Thursday were ...