Trey DeWolf of Durham was on Spring Break at Beech Mountain when he heard several lightning strikes and spotted the fire — he then jumped into action waking people up.

After the lightning hit, the fire spread, “then transformers started blowing, then propane tanks” during the intense blaze at ...

The blaze happened early Sunday morning at the Snow Tree Villas at 105 Wedling Weg, just off the slopes of the Beech Mountain ...

After the regulations went into effect, lightning over shipping lanes dropped by half almost overnight, per newly published ...

A slower evacuation because of people taking their bags could lead to more injuries or even fatalities. There are recent ...

For decades, ship emissions steadily rose as increasing global trade drove higher ship traffic. Then, in 2020, new ...

“Over 60 vegetation fires were reported, predominantly in the Midlands and South West districts,” he said. Aircraft are currently conducting reconnaissance flights over remote areas to detect smoke ...

Clare Boerigter, a science writer specializing in wildland fire, and Jonathan Coop, a forest ecologist with Western Colorado ...

If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you'll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right ...