People hunt for this fungus during late spring and summer, exactly when lightning strikes are most common in these mountains. Villagers often spend weeks scouring the rugged mountains for this ...

15 get perfect scores “A standard home policy covers electrical system damage caused by a sudden and accidental event like a lightning strike or other severe weather hazards,” Friedlander said.

A single lightning strike can release a 30 million-volt surge, enough to severely injure or kill a person in an instant. Every second, the unbelievably powerful force of electricity jumps back and ...

THE FOCUS TODAY IS LIGHTNING. FIVE PEOPLE DIED FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES LAST YEAR. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS SHOWS US WHERE WE SAW THE MOST LIGHTNING LAST YEAR. IT IS SEVERE ...

If home repairs crop up, FPL subsidiary offers a back-up. But, just like insurance policies, not everyone is happy. That’s one of the reasons Alex Soleta, 44, has been buying Florida Power & Light ...

Late summer is thunderstorm season in this part of the country, and since 2006 Samaras has been trying to do the impossible: capture an image of a lightning strike the moment it is born.