Thankfully, there were no fatalities, but 12 children and eight adults were electrocuted by the lightning strike at a public ...

While the June 25, 2014 lightning viewed from D.C. that struck ground in Silver Spring may not have been a true bolt from the blue since some clouds were overhead, the surprise and danger are equal.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As a blazing bolt of lightning streaks across the sky it can illuminate the landscape with some dazzling colors. Some strikes are blue, while others take on a ruddy ...

A high-speed camera run by the University of Florida's Lightning Research Laboratory caught an unusual bolt from the blue that zapped some trees in Gainesville on June 8, 2013.

• The odds of becoming a lightning victim in the U.S. in any one year is 1 in 700,000. The odds of being struck in your lifetime is 1 in 3,000. • Lightning can kill people (3,696 deaths were ...

The numbers became real when a Colorado man was hit by lightning in New Smyrna Beach June 20 as he stood in ankle-deep water.