Lightning strikes are some of the most awesome demonstrations of power on Earth. We’ve all seen trees, mountains and skyscrapers struck. But if a car is struck by lightning, then what happens?

BRADLEY BEACH, New Jersey -- Lightning on the Jersey Shore came a little too close for comfort for one teenager. He was recording the storm over Bradley Beach when he felt a bolt strike the ground ...

Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked across the Bay Area as a low pressure system passed through the region this week, bringing a spattering of rain and a cooldown that is set to end as temperatures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, ...

new video loaded: Record Number of Lightning Strikes Hit California This Summer transcript Ooh, that was bad. Moist, cool air pulled inland by an area of low pressure off the West Coast has led to a ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather operates ...

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the U.s. have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Casey Hutchings, a fire captain for the Cal Fire unit in Fresno County, was caught in a lightning siege Sept. 2 while looking for the ignition source of a wildfire on the outskirts of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Thunderstorms and dry lightning for inland areas of the Bay Area will increase fire danger Tuesday morning. Most of us will remain dry and calm with our hottest day of the rest ...

As the hot half of a topsy turvy Bay Area weather week reached its end Wednesday, the concerns over the pending volatile half eased a bit — at least in terms of what the instability may mean to fire ...