Lightning is one of nature's most powerful and unpredictable forces, and these incredible moments prove just how dangerous it can be. Watch terrifying close calls, exploding trees, cars struck by ...

When rain arrives and thunder follows, every instinct says run to the nearest tree. Physics says the opposite, and the reason involves side flashes, step voltage, exploding sap, and a return stroke ...

As a potentially historic winter storm prepares to slam the US, meteorologists have warned that conditions could become so brutal that trees could start exploding. Meteorologist Max Velocity said this ...