March 3 (UPI) --Firefighters in Massachusetts rescued a herring gull that became stranded on the roof of a church when its wing was impaled on a lightning rod. Town of Medway officials said a detail ...

I had been noticing a whole series of lightning rods mounted on roof peaks at a nearby shopping mall. They all looked like this: Figure 1 Lightning rod mounted on roof peak. I wondered what purpose ...

CLIFTON, N.J. (PIX11) — A family in Clifton, New Jersey, is hoping the saying is true that lightning never strikes twice. That’s because lightning struck their home Sunday night during the fierce and ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - With three lightning strikes hitting buildings and homes in just the past week around Central Texas, some homeowners are taking proactive measures to protect their homes, and some ...

TOLLESON, AZ (AZFamily) — Disaster struck a family in Tolleson Wednesday night when investigators said lightning caused their house to go up in flames. Everyone in the home is reported to have made it ...