Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

Shocking footage out of South Carolina showed a transformer being struck by lightning and exploding into a fireball, startling nearby drivers. Brian Kilmeade aired the footage from the town of Mount ...

FORT MYERS, Florida -- A toilet turned into a missile because of a lightning strike. MaryLou Ward said she was in bed with her husband and three dogs during the rain and thunder, when all of a sudden ...

That’s because thunder is the sound caused by lightning (it’s part of why dogs fear thunder). A charged, superheated lightning bolt creates a “resonating tube” as it travels. The air in the tube can ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - An intense video recorded in South Carolina shows the moment when a bolt of lightning caused a transformer to explode in spectacular fashion on Monday. The Mount Pleasant Police ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Lightning can damage or destroy just about everything it touches. When it comes to a tree, unless it explodes, it may take a while for homeowners to know whether to get rid of ...

In the must-see video above, a lightning strike caused a bit of a fright among motorists in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, when it hit a power line on August 11. Dashcam footage released by the Mount ...