Lightning is one of the most familiar spectacles in the sky, yet the exact spark that starts a bolt has remained stubbornly out of reach. Now a physicist has managed to trap a microscopic particle and ...

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...

Lightning strikes with devastating randomness, and for one Louisiana family, that cruel reality became their worst nightmare. The tragedy that unfolded on a Saturday afternoon hunting trip has now ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Two men survived a lightning strike while hiking Mount Humphreys near Flagstaff Wednesday morning, but their journey to recovery may be just beginning, according to a lightning ...