Media reports say that a lightning strike in western Japan has injured five students at a school playground, including one who remains unconscious TOKYO -- A lightning strike in western Japan ...

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Storms over the Sierra Pass on Tuesday afternoon delivered more than 100 lightning strikes in just a few hours. The storms, including one near Truckee, stayed to the west and didn't reach Reno.

TOKYO (AP) — A lightning strike in western Japan injured five students at a school playground on Thursday, including one who remained unconscious, media reports said. Junior high school students ...

Tragic lightning strikes in Bihar claimed at least 25 lives across seven districts, prompting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to announce compensation for the victims' families. Nalanda reported the ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

Nitrates are natural fertilizers. As the rain comes down in a thunderstorm, it carries those nitrates down to the ground. This fertilizes the grass, and it allows things to green up a little bit more.

In Madhubani district's Piprauliya village, under Araria Sangram police jurisdiction, Durga Devi (45), wife of Raman Kumar Mahto, lost her life to a lightning strike whilst covering firewood.

That got me thinking of a process in which lightning can help green up the grass. Now ... When lightning strikes, it splits nitrogen molecules. These nitrogen molecules then interact with oxygen ...