BIG BEAR, Calif. -- Dramatic video captured the aftermath of a lightning strike near Big Bear in Southern California when a large pine tree caught on fire and split in half. The footage shows the ...

A lightning strike split a tree on Pogue Street in Raleigh during a storm Thursday night, leaving more than 300 customers without power for about nine hours. A lightning strike split a tree on Pogue ...

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study. The ...

Trees struck by lightning may not need to be removed, as the damage varies depending on the intensity of the strike. It's crucial to address immediate hazards like broken branches, but wait a few ...

While lightning is a fascinating phenomenon, it's also infamous in its capacity for destruction and the danger it poses to life. Each year, lightning claims hundreds of millions of trees worldwide, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama that use lightning strikes to ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said. By Rebecca Dzombak When lightning strikes a tree in the ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts of ...

Getting hit by lightning is not usually a good thing. But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven’s wrath. Not only do the trees survive lightning strikes, but their height and voluminous ...