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According to their findings, published in Global Change Biology, an estimated 320 million trees die each year due to lightning strikes. Tree losses caused by direct lightning-ignited wildfires are not ...
OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A lightning strike and thunder woke up two West Omaha families Monday night with a loud bang. The strike hit a tree branch and went through the tree and into the ground, ...
Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (KWCH) - Splinters of wood flew in all directions and struck several homes in Independence. At one home hit particularly hard, the projectiles broke windows, damaged a porch railing ...
A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer ...