Thousands of people across Melbourne and Geelong remain without power after a severe storm swept across the state overnight.

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Lightning, wind and driving rain have wreaked havoc in northern NSW, felling trees, cutting off roads and properties and ...

Footage has captured the moment lightning struck a house, tearing its roof off. Storm Éowyn swept across parts of the UK on Friday, with wind gusts reaching 83mph (134 km/h) in Cumbria. Dave Anderson, ...

Florida residents have a higher chance of getting struck by lightning than most, and a Florida Power & Light subsidiary ...

As pockets of snow work through Western Washington, a few of them have been vigorous enough to produce something very unusual ...

Last year the world recorded over 2.2 billion lightning strikes, a shocking study shows. One Texas city was deemed the ...

A lightning strike from a swift-moving storm front has killed five pregnant stud cows sheltering under a large gum tree near ...

A lightning strike from a swift-moving storm front has killed five pregnant stud cows sheltering under a large gum tree near ...

A single lightning strike can release a 30 million-volt surge, enough to severely injure or kill a person in an instant.