Second night of wind, rain knocks down trees, power lines and closes North Bay roads

Downed powerlines, road closures and widespread power outages across Sonoma County disrupted Christmas morning plans for ...
Grainews

Lightning gives and takes in Prairie fields

Lightning in fields can be a source of nitrogen but at times can result in crop damage which, at a glance, resembles a very ...
East Bay Times

Fire officials give the all-clear after overnight lightning strikes hit Santa Cruz County

APTOS — A strong weather system along the Central Coast sent rain, rolling thunder and lightning strikes into Santa Cruz County overnight, but fire officials confirmed the following day that there was ...
EDN

Lightning and trees

We’ve looked at lightning issues before. Please see “Ground strikes and lightning protection of buried cables.” This headline below was found online at the URL hyperlinked here. This ABC NY article ...
USA Today

5 dead in September lightning strikes, matching a grim milestone

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...
WLKY

2 displaced after lightning strike causes house fire off Brownsboro Road

Louisville Fire says a lightning strike caused a house fire at a home off Brownsboro Road Tuesday night.Crews responded to a structure fire in the 2800 block of Riedling Drive around 7:08 ...
Óstáilte ar MSN

Tragic: Teen Deer Hunter Found Dead in Tree Stand from Apparent Lightning Strike, Police Say

A 17-year-old hunter died after lightning struck him in a tree stand near Bernice, Louisiana. The coroner's office pronounced Colton Honeycutt dead at the scene, according to a Union Parish Sheriff's ...