The St George’s Club is seeking to install lightning protection measures after recent damaging strikes on the East End establishment. A recent planning application sought permission to install two ...

Some stories sound exaggerated until you discover every detail is documented. Roy Cleveland Sullivan lived one of those lives. Born in rural Virginia in 1912, he grew up near the mountains he would ...

The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning streaks across the sky above a windmill and silos on a farm near Baldwin City, Kan., Monday, June 15, 2009. A lightning ...

Lightning is a powerful force, one seemingly capable of great destruction in the right circumstances. It announces itself with a searing flash, followed by a deep rumble heard for miles around.

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today, a close lightning strike feels like a ...