Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Medics diagnosed her with keraunoparalysis, a rare neurological issue causing temporary paralysis triggered by a lightning strike, with Ms Electric left unable to move for nine hours. She said ...

By Rebecca Dzombak When lightning strikes a tree in the tropics, the whole forest explodes. “At their most extreme, it kind of looks like a bomb went off,” said Evan Gora, a forest ecologist ...

Fuels such as grasses are still primed for lightning strikes, he said. But the reduced risk is expected to last through midweek as moisture levels are expected to stay elevated, Schaper said.

A lightning strike is believed to be the cause of a tanker fire near Baton Rouge Monday morning. Severe weather moved over the state early Monday morning, bringing tornado warnings, heavy rain ...

A tragic lightning strike in Southern Kaduna has claimed the life of a young herder and 12 cows. The incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday in Matuak Giwa, Bondon District, Moro’a ...

The largest strike in terms of total damage to a single storage facility took place on October 7, when 11 tanks with a total volume of 69,000 cubic meters were destroyed at an oil depot in ...

"Bam. It was like a bomb went off nearby." A lightning strike that traveled through trees in Knisley's backyard blew out windows, started a fire in the crawlspace and blew a two-foot hole in his ...

A major, 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Myanmar on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. At a depth of about six miles, the quake was relatively shallow, which made it ...

Lightning resistance appears to offer a competitive advantage. Lightning and trees don’t usually mix. The intense electrical charge delivered by a lightning strike can obliterate most foliage ...

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All Lightning models can now find NACS charging stations using Apple Maps EV Routing in CarPlay to find Tesla Superchargers. 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning (Source: Ford) Earlier this month ...