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Lightning will strike anywhere, but favors certain states. How Michigan ranks
Lightning Safety Awareness Week hopes to bring this deadly event to people's attention. Here's how prevalent lightning was in ...
Lightning double-strikes Montgomery apartments
Lightning struck one of the buildings at The Verandas at Taylor Oaks Apartment complex at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
4 Women Survive After Lightning Strikes Hut They Were Sheltering Under During Florida Storm, So They Got Matching Tattoos
"I can remember really heavy pressure on my head," one survivor remembered, "And then, after that, I was gone" ...
Being struck by lightning is no joke: Dozens injured within days
After a number of lightning injuries within just five days, lightning safety specialist John Jensenius is pleading with ...
Galveston's official offers tips to keep your trip lightning-free
The Beach Patrol divides Galveston's beaches into zones. Once lightning is detected within 10 miles of any zone, lifeguards ...
The science behind lightning
With so many people being impacted by just one lightning strike Tuesday, we asked experts about some of the science behind ...
Alaska's largest wildfires of year rage after 31,000 lightning strikes over 3-day period
Firefighters across the Final Frontier are working to contain dozens of blazes that have forced evacuations and occasionally ...