When lightning strikes a tree, the charge doesn't penetrate deep into the ground, but rather spreads out along the ground surface in something calledground current. That makes the entire area ...

Lightning strikes the U.S about 25 million times per year with most of the strikes occurring during the summer months.

Yes, standing under a tree in a lightning storm is extremely ... According to NOAA records, more people died from lightning strikes they received while out in the open than from any other location ...

Although historically overlooked, lightning may play a surprisingly large role in shaping tropical forests, accounting for as much as 40 percent of large tree mortality ... and field surveys to ...

In the middle of the night, she would ... 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.