When lightning strikes the rods, electricity follows to an attached cable down the side of the home and 10 feet into the ground, Breecher explained.

While vacationing in Colorado, a Castle Hills couple got the devastating news their home was on fire. They returned to find it destroyed by a lightning strike, losing irreplaceable memories, but ...

It’s about to get a lot more stormy, and that means more lightning. Last year, Florida accounted for nearly half the lightning deaths in the U.S. Here’s how to stay safe.

Dinnteco America, aleader in lightning protection technology, announced today its latest solution for the marine, military, energy and transportation industries – the Electromagnetic Charge ...

What to do if you are caught in a lightning storm According to the National Weather Service, there have been 14 deaths by lightning in Florida this year. Nationally 70% of lightning deaths occur ...

The recommended typical grounding of a communication tower comprises a ring with radial counterpoises. However, guidance on determining the size and layout for actual practical situations is lacking.

A soccer player in Peru died after he was struck by lightning this week, according to local news reports, an incident captured on video in an arresting reminder of the dangers of being outdoors in ...

Lightning strikes Rome's ancient Constantine Arch, sending fragments to the ground The monument was struck by lightning as a storm system rolled through the Italian capital.

So Farrell of the Broads Authority, a British public body, decided to get a lightning-protection system installed on Mutton’s Mill, a 19th-century windmill that stands on the flat, wide wetland ...

New direct lightning protection design for east-west rooftop PV systems Scientists in the Emirates have developed a novel lightning mast layout that reportedly eliminates shading effect on PV panels.

There was a recent lightning incident where fifty people were hurt while standing on wet soil at the moment of a nearby lightning strike that caused an electrical current to flow through the ground.