Horrifying live TV coverage of a Peruvian soccer match caught the moment several players were knocked to the ground by lightning — with one killed in a direct strike. The footage showed players ...

Meanwhile, two homes caught fire following lightning strikes in Phoenix and Manor Gardens. At both scenes, eThekwini Fire, police, local security and residents assisted and no injuries were reported.

The stadium is set in a high-altitude area - the capital city in the Huancaya region is 10,659 feet above sea level - where fatal lightning strikes are no freak occurence, and a number of ...

CNN has reached out for more information. Lightning strikes can cause severe injury to humans and, in rare cases, can be fatal. The chance of being struck is less than one in a million ...

A football player has been killed by a lightning strike during a game in Peru, with eerie footage capturing the moment players were felled. The NY Post reports the footage showed players and refs ...

The match, which Juventud Bellavista was winning by 2-0 with 22 minutes played, was abandoned after the horror lightning strike. The tragedy has led to calls for enhanced security protocols at ...

Moments after the match was stopped, a bolt of lightning struck the pitch, instantly killing Mr de La Cruz Meza. Juan Chocca Llacta, one of the goalkeepers, was also injured in the strike and is ...

A lightning strike killed 14 people during a prayer service in a refugee camp in Uganda on Saturday, authorities in the east African country said. The strike, in northern Uganda’s Lamwo district ...

Lightning can produce what is known as a ground current when it strikes the ground or an object on the ground, said the United States National Weather Service website. The discharge of electricity ...

Fourteen people have been killed in a lightning strike on a makeshift church at a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police have said. A further 34 people were injured, police spokesman Kituuma ...

So what are they, exactly? Basically, they are natural tubes of glass that are formed by a fusion of silica sand or rock during a lightning strike. Much like Lichtenberg figures appear across wood ...