While reporting during an active storm, meteorologist Tony Laubach is caught off guard when a powerful lightning bolt strikes dangerously close by in Gardner, Illinois on March 10.

It happened around 9:54 p.m. at a home on Drake Avenue in Oakley.

As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Lightning can strike up to 25 miles away from a storm and reach temperatures five times hotter than the sun. Meteorologist ...

Crews continue working to repair damage from a lightning strike that sparked a fire at the Saint John of the Ladder Orthodox Church in Greenville County.

A fire at a North Peoria apartment building caused by a lightning strike during a storm caused $250,000 in damage, displaced two people, and was contained within 20 minutes with no injuries reported.

Over the last 30 years, lightning has killed an average of 51 people per year. Many more strikes result in permanent injury ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee ranks 9th in the nation for lightning strikes, averaging nearly 2 million bolts each year. The majority of lightning strikes globally are negatively charged.

Scientists have successfully modeled large lightning strikes that occur on a kilometer scale in a lab setting of only a few ...

Lightning strikes a house in Olathe, causing a fire and leaving a family homeless. No injuries reported.