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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Australia declares disaster in areas of storm-hit east ... Heavy rain, lightning and winds as strong as 100 kph have swept across Sydney and other areas of New South Wales since Wednesday.

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

Four people in Australia have been taken to hospital after being struck by lightning near the iconic Sydney Opera House, authorities have said. The four victims, including a 36-year-old couple and ...

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 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.

Australia: Storm batters Victoria, ... About 544,000 lightning strikes were recorded within a 600km radius of Melbourne between 9am and 9pm local time yesterday. Photo / Weatherzone.

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.