Crews battling the Garnet Fire, now near containment after burning for nearly a month above Pine Flat, say the rain is both a help and a hindrance.

New research shows lightning-sparked wildfires will rise across the western U.S. as climate change fuels hotter, drier ...

In an electrifying feat of nature, a megaflash has shattered previous records for the longest single lightning strike.

A thunderstorm outbreak associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Mario will likely hit California later this week.

California fire officials report that nearly 17,000 lightning strikes hit the state within a 24 hour period, igniting ...

Trail cameras can be important tools for conservationists and biologists to monitor species health in a variety of environments, including in the wake of an extreme weather event. For instance, trail ...

Two wildfires are burning in Lane County after lightning rolled through the central Cascade region on Aug. 24.

A late-summer monsoon has delivered hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes across California, including in the High ...

The fires erupted in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County and in a remote ...

Thursday night into Friday morning, the North Bay will have a 20% chance for isolated rain storms and a less than 10% chance for thunderstorms and lightning, according to the National Weather ...

A farmer from Paikpada village in Komna block of Nuapada district lost two of his bullocks to a lightning strike ...

Lightning claims more lives in India annually than any other extreme weather event. Between April and July this year alone, 1 ...