One person was killed and three others were injured Friday after a lightning strike at Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District said in a statement that crews were dispatched to the scene of a … Read more
A counterintuitive recipe for wildfires is brewing across drought-stricken Western states: a cold front. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Forecasters expect the large cold front to develop in the Pacific Northwest on Thursday then push southeast into the Intermountain West, creating dry lightning along … Read more
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Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continued to threaten rain and pose flooding risks Thursday after causing at least one death when a man apparently was struck by lightning in Wisconsin. Police in Waukesha, west of Milwaukee, said the “area was experiencing heavy rainfall accompanied by significant thunder and lightning” when someone … Read more