A climate change-induced surge in brief but intense thunderstorms poses a growing but underrecognized threat to trees in ...

Lightning strikes kill 320 million trees yearly worldwide. This causes significant carbon emissions, almost matching ...

Thunderstorms across central and eastern Oregon started several new wildfires on Monday.STORM TRACKER 2 WEATHER | DRY ...

Ten new lightning-caused fires have been discovered in the Bitterroot National Forest following Saturday night's ...

The Bitterroot National Forest reports more than 800 confirmed lightning strikes on the forest in the past 48 hours.

MISSOULA — Lightning has sparked six new fires across the southern side of the Bitterroot National Forest near Missoula, ...

Multiple fires in the immediate area have been attributed to lightning, but how do investigators determine the cause of wildfires? To answer that question, the ...

New fires have been reported after storms passed through the Shasta-Trinity National Forest July 25-27. These new incidents engaged by Forest Service firefighters include: • Beetle Fire, 0.5 acre, ...

Officials from Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) reported more than six fires igniting across the southern end of the forest, ...

2025 Marble Complex Fire initially started 10 a.m. June 30 in Siskiyou County, California. It has burned 747 acres after ...

A new study provides the first estimates of lightning-killed trees, a crucial figure for understanding Earth's carbon cycle.

Crews are battling several wildfires in the Bitterroot Valley after weekend storms caused more than 500 confirmed lightning ...