A 19-year-old fisherman in East Texas was struck by lightning while catfishing on a river. Somehow, he survived.

SINGAPORE: A man was killed after being struck by lightning while working at a fish farm in waters off the coast of Lim Chu ...

Last week, the United States recorded its first lightning fatality of the year, and as seasonal summer storms loom on the horizon, experts say death by bolt is highly likely in this Southern state.

Some stories sound exaggerated until you discover every detail is documented. Roy Cleveland Sullivan lived one of those lives. Born in rural Virginia in 1912, he grew up near the mountains he would ...

What does it feel like to be struck by lightning? The severity of the resulting injury depends on, among countless other variables, how the electricity enters the body, and where, and the path the ...

Scrolling through the morning papers or glancing at our phone screens, there is one recurring piece of news that never fails to break our hearts: the untimely demise of people struck by lightning.