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 ...

The storm has passed, Seattle. Lightning strikes damaged a few houses and structures across the region and the power went out for thousands of customers, but the worst is behind us. After Western ...

Lightning hit two Camano Island homes during a thunderstorm on Wednesday. DHS Sec. Kristi Noem introduces youngest member of US Secret Service Ukrainian F-16 pilot says Russia's battlefield ...

A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office cruiser was struck multiple times when a man allegedly under the influence of nitrous oxide began firing at deputies responding to a call. The San Luis ...

A few other large species also survived the strikes and might have benefitted as well, but lightning had not struck enough of these species for the researchers to be certain. Many of the trees ...

A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The trees may have even evolved to act as ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The Office of the State Fire Marshal released new maps that indicate which parts of San Diego County are in a very high-risk zone for fires. For the first time in 15 years ...

Click on the links to see the accompanying maps, which for this phase represent areas in Southern California.ImperialInyo Los AngelesMonoOrangeRiversideSan Bernardino San Diego The updated hazard ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — State officials in California have unveiled new fire hazard maps for Southern California, revealing that millions of residents, including the majority of San Diego ...

California rolled out a new map of fire hazard severity zones for San Diego County on Monday for the first time in more than a decade, showing a 26% increase in acres now in a very high hazard zone.

the strike has left many riders stranded, and many are growing increasingly frustrated. Anna Thompson, an 87-year-old rider who relies on VTA for daily trips to downtown San Jose, expressed her ...

An episode of great fear this afternoon in Mamoiada, when lightning struck the dome of the historic Church of San Loreto, causing debris to fall and some glass to break. Fortunately, there were no ...