A woman has been killed and another left with an amputated finger from being hit debris when a tree in a backyard exploded ...

Death of a tree from a lightning strike is not easily diagnosed. Some trees die immediately from small external damage while others with serious scars may live on for many years. If the tree does not ...

Many local residents have recently spent days without electricity due to public safety power shutoffs amid high winds and low humidity—a recipe for the kind of destructive firestorms that ravaged Los ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Although historically overlooked, lightning may play a surprisingly large role in shaping tropical forests, accounting for as much as 40 percent of large tree ...

A woman has been killed and another injured after lightning struck a tree in Sydney’s southwest. A woman has been killed and ...