Dozens of fires ignited in Oregon and Washington as more than 14,000 lightning strikes hit the region during thunderstorms ...

Nearly 1,000 of those happened in just the Portland metro Thursday morning.

At least 100 fires were burning across Washington and Oregon following an unusually strong burst of lightning.

The Department of Natural Resource's planes and helicopters are up looking for new fires.

Every second, roughly 44 lightning flashes crackle across the planet, a rate that adds up to about 3.8 million strikes per day and approximately 1.4 billion per year. That number comes from satellite ...

99 Florida lightning fatalities from 2006-2025 have been documented by the National Lightning Safety Council. Of 99, 6 ...