Then comes the hard part. The true extent of damage to the tree is not immediately evident right after the strike because lightning comes in an infinite range of voltages and temperatures.

Watching the storm gain strength outside, her sister warned her not to sit too close before the unthinkable happened.

Over a period of weeks after that, you can start seeing a ... this is probably the 10th lightning strike this tree has had. We estimate it's five [strikes] on average. But, you know, some of ...

Then comes the hard part. The true extent of damage to the tree is not immediately evident right after the strike because lightning comes in an infinite range of voltages and temperatures.

“Seeing that there are trees that get struck by lightning and they’re fine was just mind blowing,” says Gora. A Dipteryx oleifera tree just after being struck by lightning in 2019 ...

The tonka bean tree stood out to researchers as one species that consistently showed little to no damage after a lightning strike. “Over those 40 years, there’s a quantifiable, detectable ...

Dr. Gora would begin climbing one tree, convinced it was the struck ... oleifera were 48 percent more likely to die after a lightning strike than those around other species. In one notable die ...

Lightning struck a large tree in their front yard and those electric ... She felt some tingling and then numbness directly after, but was shockingly okay. They called 911 just to be safe and ...

Victoria Cooper and her son survived a tornado with minor injuries after their car was picked up and slammed into a fence in north St. Louis. The incident occurred during a tornado that swept ...