Electrical engineering company Furse was established by William Joseph Furse who acquired a steeple-jacking business in the city in 1893. In its history spanning more than a century, it has gone from ...

Three men were struck and killed by lightning on a single day in September. The lightning death toll for the year now stands at 19.

Two men and their hunting dogs are dead, and Florida authorities believe lightning strikes could be the cause.

When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a ...

When lightning strikes, it looks chaotic. After all, it’s jagged, unpredictable, and seems to tear through the sky at random.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A lightning strike caused a fire to spread to a building at Wichita’s Spirit AeroSystems on Tuesday. The fire call happened just after 4 a.m. Joe Buccino, a Spirit AeroSystems ...

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Bangladesh experiences a diverse kind of natural disaster almost every year. Thunderstorm lightning is one of the most common and deadly hazards among them. Every year, many people and livestock lose ...

As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a remarkable outbreak of dry lightning, a new study warns that a warming planet could bring more lightning-sparked wildfires to the West in the ...

A lightning strike caused a fire to spread to a building at Wichita's Spirit AeroSystems on Tuesday. The fire call happened just after 4 a.m. A lightning strike caused a fire to spread to a building ...