An Alabama family is grieving the loss of seven cows --six of them pregnant -- killed in a lightning strike during severe ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

A study published in PNAS Nexus shows that there are almost twice as many risky days for large human-caused fires in the ...

Much of the Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) has already burned this summer – and the fire is not out yet. What does this ...

It was a pretty wild Wednesday night and Thursday morning across Kentucky as we saw heavy rain move across our area and ...

There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above ...

Dry lightning strikes have been blamed for causing a number of bushfires across Victoria. But what's the difference between dry and wet lightning?

The day my father died, a permanent bookmark was inserted between the pages of my life. Just as “B.C.” and “A.D.” divides history, his death became the distinct demarcation in ...

Emergency services have raced to control a grass fire after lightning struck in Crossley this afternoon.

Lightning Strikes Lightning strikes are one of the few natural causes of wildfires. During thunderstorms, especially those ...