Seven kids on a hike with their church were hospitalized Thursday after a lightning bolt struck the wet ground they were standing ... Lightning strikes: Chances of being struck by lightning ...

Don't lie on the ground. Avoid leaning against vehicles and get off bicycles and motorcycles. When lightning strikes a building, house or other structure, it follows metal conductors such as ...

THE TIMBER SPIRE of a church in Co Clare crashed to the ground in flames after it was struck by lightning in the early hours of the morning. The alarm was raised at around 3.45am when emergency ...

After six months ... All surging into the tree, down through the ground and back up the bodies of the four bystanders. When lightning strikes, the current’s path is random.

In the U.S., there are between 20 million and 25 million cloud-to-ground lightning flashes every year, the Lightning Safety Council said. Lightning can strike more than 10 miles from a thunderstorm.