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

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

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

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

Highway 89A and BLM 1065/House Rock Valley Road are open as fire crews continue to put out the White Sage Fire.

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

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, ...

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

Two significant wildfires sparked by lightning strikes continue to burn across thousands of acres in Idaho's Payette National ...

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

Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ...

Lightning kills about 320 million trees yearly, especially tall ones in tropical forests. It releases up to 1.09 billion tons ...