That night, as I settled into bed, I was certain the Gesar Lingdro had crowned my pilgrimage to Chumey. Ready to depart the ...

“It was also the mountain of garbage.” Even in summer, hikers may face hypothermia, rock falls and lightning strikes. Night temperatures on the summit can plunge below freezing. Gilles ...

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Media reports say that a lightning strike in western Japan has injured five students at a school playground, including one who remains unconscious TOKYO -- A lightning strike in western Japan injured ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

TOKYO (AP) — A lightning strike in western Japan injured five students at a school playground on Thursday, including one who remained unconscious, media reports said. Junior high school students ...

Storms over the Sierra Pass on Tuesday afternoon delivered more than 100 lightning strikes in just a few hours. The storms, including one near Truckee, stayed to the west and didn't reach Reno.

A few other large species also survived the strikes and might have benefitted as well, but lightning had not struck enough of these species for the researchers to be certain. Many of the trees ...