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Watch how one lightning bolt exploded a tree in seconds

Lightning is one of nature's most powerful and unpredictable forces, and these incredible moments prove just how dangerous it ...

Patch AM: Bodycam shows Coventry officers dodging exploding power lines at crash scene

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Cleanup continues after severe storms damage homes, topple trees across Philly

Cleanup efforts were underway Sunday after damaging storms left behind downed trees, collapsed roofs and flooding across ...

Microbursts down trees, collapse roofs and cause other damage Saturday

At least four microbursts caused downed trees, collapsed roofs and flash flooding damage in the Philadelphia region on ...

‘Sounded like a bomb:’ Lightning strike sends massive tree crashing onto Atlanta home

He says his wife was home and heard it, too. “She said she thought it was a bomb and she saw the lightning when it hit the tree,” he says. Mobley says a bolt of lightning hit ...

Summit fire’s progress stalls at 2,690 acres amid SoCal heat wave, looming monsoon conditions

A wildfire burning near the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county line grew to more than 2,500 acres Friday, spurring evacuation ...

Girl, 8, Dies After Being Struck by Lightning While Playing with Cousins: ‘There Was No Warning,’ Grandfather Says

On Friday, July 3, 8-year-old Kinslee Tschida was fatally struck by lightning while playing in her backyard in Serena, Ill.
The Pagosa Springs SUN

Town, county enact increased fire restrictions

At 6 p.m. on Monday, July 6, Archuleta County and the Town of Pagosa Springs implemented Stage 2 fire restrictions, putting the jurisdictions into the same fire restriction level as area federal land ...