A home in Everett was reportedly struck by lightning just before 8:30 p.m., according to the Everett Fire Department.

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new ...

Wildfires have become a growing concern for many regions around the world. While there are various causes for these fiery ...

The Phenomenon of Lightning Lightning is a powerful electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered that Dipteryx oleifera trees often benefit from lightning strikes that ...

Gora studies how lightning impacts biodiversity and carbon storage in Panama's tropical forests. Lightning kills hundreds of millions of trees per year. But in 2015, while working in Panama ...

Technician Cesar Gutierrez climbs a tower to detect and locate lightning strikes in the study area. After detection, drones and on-the-ground teams monitor the strike’s impacts.

Most lightning flashes start within a cloud, and a channel forms to move an electrical charge from a cloud to the ground. When the channel gets within about 100 yards from the ground, objects on ...

Creates a spear of red lightning and stabs it into the ground from above. On impact, the spear will burst into trails oflightning covering the area. Spoken of in legend, red lightning is the ...

KGW has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Wednesday afternoon ... When thunder roars, go indoors. If you see lightning or hear thunder, seek shelter inside a sturdy, enclosed building.