The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?

The lights going out during a storm might feel like a minor inconvenience. A few candles, a charged phone, maybe an early bedtime. But the reality of what happens to the electrical grid when a true ...

Abstract: Static electricity presents considerable risks in industrial and commercial environments, primarily due to its potential to ignite flammable atmospheres, cause electric shocks, and damage ...

For decades, planetary scientists looked at the massive dust storms on Mars and wondered if they produced electricity. These storms can grow until they wrap around the entire planet, moving millions ...

Lightning-sparked fires can be a big deal: The Canadian wildfires of 2023 generated nearly 500 million metric tons of carbon emissions, and lightning-started fires burned 93% of the area affected.

Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned.

SAN PASQUAL VALLEY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Several palm trees located in San Pasqual Valley caught fire after multiple lightning strikes in the area early Tuesday morning, fire officials said.

It’s no secret that U.S. electricity prices have been rising over the last few years: The average residential energy bill in 2025 was roughly 30 percent higher than in 2021. This jump is largely in ...

Haz click aquí para la historia en español. The second of three storms hitting the North Bay this week started with a bang Tuesday morning, Feb. 17, the loud boom of thunder setting the tone for a day ...

The latest in what appears to be an unending stream of storms thundered through the Bay Area on Tuesday, producing violent claps of thunder and lightning bright enough to light up momentarily the gray ...