A powerful lightning strike hit Katoomba, New South Wales, on Monday, March 23, triggering a chain reaction that ignited a fire, caused trees to explode, and ruptured a gas and water main, blowing out ...

Lightning struck a redwood tree outside a Santa Rosa preschool on Tuesday morning, causing the tree to explode and damage the building. It happened at Woodside West Preschool on Guerneville Road. Tree ...