Each year in the United States, lightning strikes an average of 300 people. A direct hit by a bolt of lightning kills about ...

Lightning storms are some of the most spectacular, wild, and dramatic events our world has to offer – but the effects are not ...

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Thunderstorms were rumbling across six Australian states on Thursday morning following a barrage of nighttime lightning that produced more than 200,000 strikes ...

A band of severe thunderstorms has lashed Brisbane and nearby areas late on Tuesday afternoon and into the early evening, and ...

Research shows 87 human casualties were recorded in the region between 2019 and 2024 during 46 lightning incidents.