Boy is rushed to hospital ‘in a serious condition after being struck by lightning on a football field’ in Blackpool Boy was reportedly being struck by lightning on a football field in Blackpool Police were called shortly after 5.05pm today following reports of injured boy The boy, whose age has not been released, has serious … Read more
Terrifying moment lightning strikes passenger plane right in front of the pilots as it prepares to land during a storm in Panama The Boeing 737 MAX was coming in to land at Panama City during a heavy storm A lightning bolt struck the plane’s nose while 30,000 feet in the air The plane landed safely … Read more
Olympic surfing hopeful, 22, dies after being struck by lightning while training at El Salvador beach Katherine Diaz, 22, was struck by lightening shortly after entering the ocean She was training at El Tunco beach, south of the capital San Salvador Medics attended the beach but the surfer was pronounced dead at the scene She … Read more
Gigantic lightning bolt strikes the side of a mountain in New Mexico and blows up a TREE ‘into a million pieces’ in perfectly-timed photo US hiker managed to capture the dramatic photo thanks to ‘luck and right timing’ It shows a hillside in Pecos, New Mexico being zapped by the jet of lightning The blast during heavy … Read more
Lighting striking the surface of planet Earth billions of years ago may have unlocked the phosphorus necessary for the creation of DNA, cells and bones, a new study has revealed. Researchers at Yale and the University of Leeds say the essential spark may have taken a quintillion – a number with 30 zeroes – lightning … Read more
The sky above an erupting volcano in Indonesia has turned a stunning electric purple during a lightning storm. Spectacular images captured the spectacle as Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatra, continued to spew a column of ash and smoke up to 16,400ft (5km) into the sky as lightning bolts crackled above. Sinabung leapt back into life … Read more
International Space Station detects blue ‘jets’ of lightning shooting upwards from thunder clouds that could influence greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere The phenomenon was detected by the European Space Agency’s ASIM device This is a collection of cameras, photometers and an X-ray/gamma ray detector The blue jet was seen coming from a cloud above the … Read more
A Boeing 737 passenger jet with 62 people onboard is believed to have crashed into the sea after plummeting 10,000 feet shortly following takeoff from Jakarta, with witnesses claiming they heard two explosions. The Sriwijaya Air plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta international airport on Saturday at 1.56pm for a 90-minute flight over the Java Sea between Jakarta and … Read more
Clash of nature’s titans: Astonishing moment volcanic ash cloud is blasted by a bolt of lightning Sakurajima, an active volcano in Japan, erupted this week with a column of ash rising into the night sky A lightning storm appeared above the crater in a spellbinding but poorly-understood volcanic phenomenon Scientists believe the lightning may be … Read more
Incredible opalised dinosaur teeth found in the Outback shed new light on how three giant beasts weighing 90,000kg and measuring 40m coexisted in Australia Fossilised dinosaur teeth were found at Lightning Ridge, in north-west NSW Researchers said the area has yielded a rich bounty of fossils over the years Three sauropod species are believed to have … Read more