The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning ...

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Lightning strikes are some of the most awesome demonstrations of power on Earth. We’ve all seen trees, mountains and skyscrapers struck. But if a car is struck by lightning, then what happens?

Kylie Smith, an honors student and soccer standout at Webster-Schroeder, survived a lightning strike thanks to the quick ...

A system of unstable air that created an overnight lightning show with thousands of strikes from the Bay Area to the Central Valley steered course toward the Sierra Nevada by Tuesday afternoon, making ...