It's estimated between five and 10 people are killed by lightning in Australia each year, and about 10 times that are injured. Today, O'Neill's not taking that chance. The anatomy of a lightning storm ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Thunderstorms and showers brought some relief for firefighters battling deadly wildfires across Australia’s drought-parched east coast on Wednesday, but also raised ...

Footage shows a dramatic lightning storm seen above Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, as at least one person was killed in the storm. Officials said that an unstable airmass combined with an ...

Footage shows a dramatic lightning storm above the Sydney Olympic Park in New South Wales, Australia, as at least one person was killed in the storm. Officials said that an unstable airmass combined ...

Incredible new time-lapse video shows non-stop lightning and thunder over western Australia. Photographer Geoff Green captured the mesmerizing video on December 15.

The New South Wales State Emergency Services (NSW SES) has responded to more than 7,000 storm-related incidents across the state since Wednesday morning, as fierce storms battered large swathes of ...

Why ‘dry lightning’ forecast has firefighters worried for Australia’s bushfire season. Dry lightning is a wild weather phenomenon that has firefighters on edge after a huge electrical storm ...

More than half a million energy customers in Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, lost power after severe storms caused the failure of parts of the grid.

More than 30,000 lightning strikes have been recorded across the state in the past 24 hours, with dozens of blazes contained by firefighters in the wake of the dry storm.

Wednesday’s destructive storm was lit up by flashes of lightning, with more than 70,000 strikes recorded within 100 kilometres of the CBD.

Lightning storms rattle SA, tornado ‘on the cards’ for Victoria. A string of severe weather events are forecast to smash Australia after lightning storms lashed one state and another braces ...