Summer is a busy time for lightning strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

While it is true that Florida sees more shark bites than any other state, the odds of a shark attack contributing to one’s death are extremely low.

Heat and humidity fueled a dazzling lightning show across the Washington and Baltimore region on Wednesday night.

Golfer Simon John Mariani, who was struck by lightning while playing on a course in New Jersey last week, has died, according to his family.

The Hillsville Fire Department responded to a caller reportedly seeing smoke after a lightning strike at the Shiloh Church. Crews responded to the 2000 block of Airport Road to Shiloh Church on Thursday,

A 10-year-old Cub Scout is “still in shock” after he was literally knocked out of his socks by the deadly lightning strike at a New Jersey archery range on

The second floor and attic to a home on West Liberty Springs Road in Suffolk sustained heavy fire damage caused by a lightning strike Friday night, Fire Chief Mike Barakey said. A home on West Liberty Springs Road was damaged in a fire that was caused by a lightning strike,

An unusual monsoon pattern is bringing the chance for rare July thunderstorms to the Southland. Meteorologists say the biggest concern is dry lightning starting a fire.