THAT FELT LIKE IT MADE HER HEART STOP. A LIGHTNING STRIKES. OH, MY GOD. AND THE TOWERING PINE TREE CRACKS FALLING TO THE GROUND. KAYLA MACDONALD CAPTURES IT ALL ON HER CAMERA FROM HER BASEMENT DOOR IN ...

Giant flaming claw marks were found Sunday in a South Carolina tree near Beaufort. Fire investigators say it was caused by lightning. city of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department photo What ...

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 ...

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, ...