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Dramatic footage captures wild moment lightning strikes electric pole before fireball is shot alongside AM commuters

Dramatic dashcam video caught the moment a bolt of lightning struck an electric pole in South Carolina, causing a transformer ...

Lightning Strike Sets Off 'Shocking' Fireball, Causing Power Outages and Traffic Delays: Watch

The Mount Pleasant Police Department (MPPD) in South Carolina shared a dashcam video showing the moment when a lightning bolt ...
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Dramatic moment lightning bolt strikes moving car - sending sparks flying

This is the dramatic moment a moving car was struck - by a bolt of lightning. Video captured last week (August 5) in Beihai, ...

A record-breaking lightning bolt just ‘shocked’ meteorologists

NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...

Watch as lightning raises pillar of fire, then sparks an explosion along SC road

Video shared on social media by Mount Pleasant police shows the lightning created a pillar of fire on one side of the road ...

World record longest lightning flash discovered – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

Lightning can kill you even if it’s sunny

Where there’s lightning, a crash of thunder isn’t far behind. If a storm has passed and the sun has returned, it can make ...
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What's the longest lightning bolt ever recorded?

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

‘He looks like a lightning bolt.’ Promising Patriots rookie opens eyes

Patriots rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson looks special and adds a dynamic presence to the team's offense ...