One house collapsed and others went up in flames after violent thunderstorms battered the UK yesterday, causing flash flooding. The three-storey Victorian building, which was unoccupied at the time, partially collapsed in the middle of the street in Chorlton, south Manchester, with firefighters seen checking houses on either side. Meanwhile, an entire street in Milnrow, … Read more
Sharon Stone, 62, reveals during new podcast she was ‘thrown across the kitchen’ and fell unconscious after being struck by lightning By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 23:02 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 09:23 BST, 12 June 2020 She is set to release her memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, later this year. And … Read more
The Dambusters join Big Lizzie! F35B Lightning jets from historic squadron land on £3bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for first time F-35 Lightning Jets have landed on HMS Queen Elizabeth as ‘Dambusters’ squadron join the aircraft carrier The jets from 617 Squadron landed on board the 65,000-tonne warship off the coast of Portsmouth The … Read more
School children under the age of 15 have a higher risk of being struck by lightning than dying from coronavirus, according to statistics. Analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics by scientists from the University of Cambridge shows that the coronavirus risk to children is extremely low. The death rate for youngsters aged … Read more
NASA has said the SpaceX launch that was scheduled for last night in Florida could have triggered a dangerous lightning strike had it gone ahead. Looming rain and thunderstorms meant that the first launch of astronauts from US soil in nine years had to be aborted less than 17 minutes before lift-off. NASA astronauts Robert … Read more
Orthopedic surgeon says being struck by lightning turned him into a concert pianist – despite having no idea how to read or write music Tony Cicoria was struck by lightning at Sleepy Hollow Lake, New York in 1994 Then he started to have an ‘incredible desire to hear classical music’ Cicoria dreamed up a composition … Read more