A Utah man hiking with his brother was killed last week after a lightning bolt struck him just steps from the summit of the highest peak in Salt Lake County, authorities said. Craig Nelson, 59, set ...

Basement laundry room fire forces evacuation of 11 in Vancouver home A basement fire forced 11 people from their home Saturday afternoon in Vancouver, but firefighters were able to put it out before ...

A lightning bolt struck One World Trade Center in Manhattan on Friday, July 3. New Jersey resident Palna Patel filmed a stunning video of the moment as seen from across the Hudson River. “NYC storms ...

Dave Matthews Band fans aren’t completely sold on the reasons his nearly sold-out concert at the new Mystic Lake Amphitheater was postponed just before showtime Tuesday night. Already rescheduled to a ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. — Here in the South, we've all driven in thunderstorms and heavy rain. It’s not fun. But a woman’s close encounter with lightning during recent severe weather here in Middle ...

Before he changed the way we understand lightning on Earth, Joseph Dwyer studied the weather in more cosmic settings. Using the sensors on NASA’s Wind satellite, orbiting a million miles away, he ...

Storm chasing, a branch of photography that requires tenacity and perseverance in order to capture lightning strikes, was something I gave all of 20 minutes to before losing interest. Well, the Bolt ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, ...

Two dormant giants of experimental rock, Lightning Bolt and OOIOO, have teamed up for a split LP, The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral. The Thrill Jockey labelmates will release the record on the ...

Lightning has captured people’s fascination for millennia. It’s embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of Thor in Norse mythology or Indra in Hinduism. In Australia, lightning is ...