As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Ruinous fires across the West often lead to smoke-filled days with flames tearing through large swaths of natural land. While most of these fires are started by people, many fires start because of ...

The climate crisis is making lightning-sparked wildfires more common and more destructive. New research shows that lightning strikes are expected to ignite more fires in the coming decades, leading to ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Over a dozen new wildfires ignited in Washington due to lightning strikes over the weekend. There are currently 13 active wildfires across the state, with most being only about one-third contained.

A fire at a North Peoria apartment building caused by a lightning strike during a storm caused $250,000 in damage, displaced two people, and was contained within 20 minutes with no injuries reported.

Lightning caused a house fire in Brentwood late Wednesday night, according to the fire department. No injuries were reported. The home on Anderson Avenue, near Walnut Avenue, had only minor damage ...

Aug. 8—MOSES LAKE — A lightning strike during a Monday morning thunderstorm cut power to customers in the Warden and Moses Lake areas, while the same storm resulted in other outages throughout Grant ...

More than a dozen new wildfires ignited across the Cascades over the weekend from lightning strikes, adding to an already grueling wildfire season in Washington and the broader Pacific Northwest.