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3 Dead After Apparent Lightning Strike Injures 4 Near White House
Two of the four people who were apparently struck by lightning Thursday near the White House have died, Washington D.C. police said.
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4 Critically Hurt During Apparent Lightning Strike Near White House
Two of the victims have died, police said in an update Friday morning. Go here for updates. Four people have life-threatening injuries after they were apparently struck by lightning near the White House in Washington, D.C., Thursday evening, fire officials said. U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers rushed to help the two women and two men when...
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DeSoto Home Struck by Lightning During Thursday Storms
Rain and storms brought some relief to drought conditions in North Texas on Thursday, but that relief turned into worry in DeSoto after a homeowner tells NBC 5 lightning struck her home on Beverly Drive.
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California Firefighters Chase New Fires Ignited by Lightning
Firefighters are working to quash new fires ignited by lightning after thunderstorms with mostly small but welcome amounts of rain rumbled across drought-stricken Northern California, where forests have been burning for weeks.
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Washington Monument System Damaged by Lightning Strike Caught on Video
Repairs to the monument’s electronic access system were ongoing on Tuesday after the obelisk was hit by lightning Sunday, the National Park Service said.
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Home Damaged By Possible Lightning Strike: Saginaw Fire Department
A North Texas family is picking up the pieces after their home was damaged in a fire caused by a possible lightning strike, according to fire officials.
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Video Captures a ‘Bolt From the Blue' Striking Palm Tree in Fla.
A camera inside a Florida man’s truck captured a bolt of lightning striking a nearby palm tree – and it wasn’t even raining. Jonathan Moore was working Monday afternoon in Lutz, a suburb of Tampa, when the lightning bolt struck a tree about 75-feet away. A loud boom can be heard in the video moments before the strike, which...