Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

According to the Grays Harbor PUD, the outage is storm related, but the exact cause is unknown.Update 4:46pmSeattle-Tacoma ...

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a ...

The National Weather Service released an updated severe thunderstorm warning at 8:38 p.m. on Monday in effect until 9:30 p.m.

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...