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What are the rare “gigantic jets” recently spotted in the Himalayas?
Photographer Li Xuanhua had an experience of a lifetime when he witnessed four back-to-back “gigant…
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F-35 Lightning II fighter jets can finally fly in lightning after years of dodging storms
The F-35A previously had problems with lightning and was prohibited from flying within 25 miles of …
Chris Panella
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A Delta flight declared an emergency after officials said it may have been struck by lightning mid-air
The flight landed in Atlanta on Tuesday morning after a suspected lightning strike.
Erin Snodgrass
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Scientists explain intense lightning phenomenon in Lucknow
The terrifying lightning and thunder phenomenon that Lucknow witnessed in the wee hours of Septembe…
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Video taken by a planespotter in Canada shows the moment a Boeing 777 was hit by lightning just after takeoff
An Air Canada jet continued its 10-hour flight to London after it was filmed being struck by lightn…
Pete Syme
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A woman who survived a lightning strike says it melted her watch to her wrist and left her with horrific burns
Amber Escudero-Kontostathis, 28, was the sole survivor of a lightning strike that hit a tree near t…
Sophia Ankel
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A 6-year-old boy in Texas has died from a lightning strike weeks after his father was killed in the same incident
"He just got done telling Grayson — he said, 'I love you buddy.' That's when the lightning ca…
Amanda Goh
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Miley Cyrus says her plane was struck by lightning in 'unexpected storm' and needed to make an emergency landing
Cyrus was traveling to Asunción, Paraguay, to headline the Asunciónico music festival. The city was…
Zac Ntim
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GM is shaping up to be the hardest hit by the UAW strike
This is the second time in four years that GM has experienced a strike. The current work stoppage h…
Alexa St. John,Nora Naughton
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Fisker's new electric pickup is one of the coolest Cybertruck and F-150 Lightning rivals yet
The Fisker Alaska, revealed on Thursday, is a small, relatively affordable electric pickup truck wi…
Tim Levin
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A lightning strike near the White House killed 3 people and left one more in critical condition
Three people have been pronounced dead since the strike, including an elderly couple from Wisconsin…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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The real winner from the big strike in Detroit? Tesla
The United Auto Workers are went on strike Friday. It's a nightmare scenario for the Detroit Three …
Nora Naughton
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A second group of 7 people were struck by lightning in the same week, leaving 1 dead and several injured
Seven people were injured after a lightning strike on a New York City beach Thursday and another se…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Dramatic video captures the moment lightning strikes and obliterates a tree outside a Wisconsin high school
Students were preparing for their ACT Aspire test at Wisconsin's Wautoma High School when they hear…
Joshua Zitser
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Lightning strikes kill at least 16 at a wedding party in Bangladesh
The lightning struck while the group exited a boat during a thunderstorm. They were on their way to…
Matthew Loh
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A bantamweight UFC fighter scored a lightning-quick 47-second knockout after going ham with strikes
MMA bantamweight Heili Alateng beat his American opponent with ease Saturday at the Apex as he scor…
Alan Dawson
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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said the Titan submersible was struck by lightning during a test in the Bahamas back in 2018
"Fortunately, it was not a direct strike. A direct strike to the carbon fiber probably would have t…