Ruinous fires across the West often lead to smoke-filled days with flames tearing through large swaths of natural land. While most of these fires are started by people, many fires start because of ...

In Britain, lightning causes an average of two deaths a year; in South Africa, it can be well over 200. Near Pretoria over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An intense thunderstorm system moved into Southern California from northern Mexico on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, bringing scattered ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Thunderstorms rolled through parts of the West Valley early Wednesday with the lightning sparking two fires in Avondale. A lot of the lightning action in the Valley moved between ...

A Jefferson Hills family whose house caught on fire early Tuesday morning blamed the blaze on a lightning strike they say hit their home. Georgia Biagini, who owns the house on the 300 block of Greene ...

Over a dozen new wildfires ignited in Washington due to lightning strikes over the weekend. There are currently 13 active wildfires across the state, with most being only about one-third contained.

An intense thunderstorm system moved into Southern California from northern Mexico on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, bringing scattered rain and the potential for more storms throughout the day. The ...