Category: lightning

Trump-Endorsed Kari Lake Wins Arizona’s Republican Gubernatorial Primary; 4 Hurt in Lighting Strike | NTD Good Morning

Trump-Endorsed Kari Lake wins Arizona’s Republican Gubernatorial Primary. The close race was called last night. Four people are in critical condition after lightning strikes near the White House. Senator Kyrsten Sinema reaches a deal with fellow Democrats on the Inflation Reduction Act. They need every member of their party in agreement to use a process…


Lightning Kills One Student at Remote Wyoming Outdoors Educator Event

JACKSON, Wyo.—A lightning strike at an outdoors educator course in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming killed one student and injured another, officials said Thursday. The group with the National Outdoor Leadership School was just days into their trip and had set up camp near Enos Lake, south of Yellowstone National Park, when a thunderstorm…


Lightning Kills Nearly 50 This Week in India’s Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW, India—Seven people, mostly farmers, were killed by lightning in a village in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, police said Thursday, bringing the death toll by lightning to 49 people in the state this week. The farmers had taken shelter under trees during a drenching monsoon rain when they were struck by lightning Tuesday and…


Woman and 2 Dogs Killed by Lightning in Pico Rivera

LOS ANGELES—A woman and her two dogs were fatally struck by lightning in Pico Rivera June 22 as a storm front pushed across the Southland and led to power outages and beach closures. The lightning strike in Pico Rivera occurred around 8:50 a.m. when the woman was walking along the San Gabriel River, according to…


Woman, 2 Dogs Killed by Lightning in Pico Rivera

LOS ANGELES—A woman and her two dogs were fatally struck by lightning in Pico Rivera on June 22 as a storm front pushed across the Southland and led to power outages and beach closures. The lightning strike in Pico Rivera occurred around 8:50 a.m. when the woman was walking along the San Gabriel River, according…


Storm Leaves Thousands in San Diego Without Power

SAN DIEGO—Thousands of San Diego Gas and Electric customers experienced a power outage this morning following an Oct. 4 thunderstorm that affected three counties. Power outages were reported across the county, with the most affected residents in Old Town/Hillcrest area as of 3 a.m. Tuesday, according to San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E). More than…


BC Wildfire Service Prepares for Increase in Gusty Winds and Lightning

VANCOUVER—The B.C. Wildfire Service says it is preparing for a potential increase in lightning strikes and shifting winds as cooler weather is forecast over the next few days. Fire information officer Erika Berg says the shift in temperatures is forecast to start on Sunday evening, possibly also bringing pyrocumulonimbus clouds in the southern region that…


16 Killed by Lightning on Way to Wedding Party in Bangladesh

DHAKA—Lightning killed at least 16 people who were traveling to a wedding party in western Bangladesh and injured several others, including the groom, an official said. Local government official Sakib Al-Rabby said the bride was not with the group when the incident occurred on Wednesday in Shibganj in Chapainawabganj district. Al-Rabby said the group had…


Lightning Found to Have Ignited Oregon’s Mammoth Bootleg Fire

A destructive Oregon wildfire that ranks as the largest among dozens raging across the drought-parched Western United States in recent weeks was ignited by lightning but smoldered for days before it was detected, forest officials said on Wednesday. The origin of the so-called Bootleg fire, which was first reported July 6 in the Fremont-Winema National…


Lightning Strikes in India Kill 38 People in 24 Hours

NEW DELHI—Lightning has killed at least 38 people across two Indian states over the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. A majority of the deaths occurred in the western state of Rajasthan, where 11 people died after being struck by lightning near a watchtower at the 12th century Amber Fort, police said. Senior police…