Northern California was struck by a record amount of lightning last week as a persistent weather pattern brought widespread thunderstorms to the mountains. July 25 set a single-day record with 18,833 ...

When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a ...

Firefighters are battling a series of wildfires that erupted in north-central California after thousands of lightning strikes were reported in the region, prompting evacuations and scorching buildings ...

SAN DIEGO — Late-summer dry thunderstorms rolled into California from the southwest desert region early Sept. 2, bringing thousands of lightning strikes and increasing the risk of wildfires as high ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY — In 2020, the CZU Lightning Complex fires burned through over 86,000 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

There is a trio of risky weather conditions in the forecast for the Los Angeles area starting Tuesday — thunderstorms, dry lightning and rip currents. A low pressure system will skim the Southern ...

As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a remarkable outbreak of dry lightning, a new study warns that a warming planet could bring more lightning-sparked wildfires to the West in the ...

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