A high-speed photo of lightning rods at work during an electrical storm in São José dos Campos, Brazil, is helping scientists understand how the devices compete to attract strikes and keep buildings ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

Lightning has captivated scientists for centuries, but despite extensive research, the precise atmospheric conditions that trigger a lightning strike within thunderclouds have remained a profound ...

Marcelo Saba, a researcher at Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE), and Ph.D. candidate Diego Rhamon managed to snap an incredibly unique shot of lightning rods doing what they do best.

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 ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - With three lightning strikes hitting buildings and homes in just the past week around Central Texas, some homeowners are taking proactive measures to protect their homes, and some ...

A Nash County family knows first-hand the power of nature. Lightning hit their home Saturday night, and in minutes, everything went up in flames. Fortunately everyone got out okay. As the area is ...

Florida has been unseated as the lightning capital of the U.S. and Texas became the nation’s hotspot for storm intensity last ...