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LOOK: Lightning Strikes St. Peter's Basilica After Pope Resigns

The Huffington Post | Cavan Sieczkowski | Posted 02.12.2013 | Religion
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Was it just Mother Nature or a sign from God? Lightning appeared to strike St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Monday just hours after Pope Be...

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LOOK: Dramatic Lightning Strike

Posted 11.17.2012 | Travel
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An amateur photo of an apparent lightning strike at Brisbane International Airport in Australia circulated on the Internet Nov. 17. In the photo, a...

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Florida School Looks To Improve Lightning Detection Equipment After Local Boy Is Struck

Posted 10.09.2012 | Home
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Evangelical Christian School in Fort Myers is looking to spend more than $11,000 on improving its lightning detection equipment after a student at nea...

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Lightning Strikes Army Base, Injuring 10 Soldiers

AP | Posted 10.15.2012 | Green
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FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) — Military officials say a lightning strike has injured 10 soldiers from a New Jersey Army National Guard unit who were trainin...

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Lightning Strike Kills 13 Devotees Outside Mosque

AP | Posted 10.11.2012 | Green
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SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 13 devotees have been killed by lightning outside a mosque in northeastern Bangladesh. Local polic...

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When Global Warming Ate My Life

Shoshana Zuboff | Posted 07.02.2012 | Green
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A bolt of lightening crashed through the kitchen window, mowed me down like a freight train hurtling through my chest. Then came smoke. Fifteen minutes later we were out in the storm, watching in disbelief as our beloved home vanished in a towering wall of flame.

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LOOK: This Lightning Picture Will Blow Your Mind

Posted 04.04.2012 | Green
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Roch Hart, a retired police officer and the owner of a Jeep tour company in New Mexico, says on his company's website that "photography has become a s...

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Lightning Strike At SeaWorld Water Park Injures 8 People

AP | Posted 10.16.2011 | Green
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ORLANDO, Florida (Associated Press)-- Officials say eight people have been injured by a lightning strike at SeaWorld's Discovery Cove water park in Or...

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Grand Canyon Tourist Dies After Lightning Strike

AP | Posted 10.05.2011 | Green
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.(Associated Press) -- A German tourist has died after collapsing following a lightning strike at Grand Canyon Nationa...

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Plane Struck By Lightning, Diverted In Northern Illinois

AP | Posted 08.08.2011 | Chicago
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ROCKFORD, Illinois — A Chicago-bound United Airlines flight carrying 50 passengers from Madison, Wisconsin, has been struck by lightning and div...

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Lightning Strike Sends 77 Cadets To Hospital

Posted 08.08.2011 | Green
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JACKSON, Miss., June 8 (Reuters) - A lightning strike at a southern Mississippi military base sent 77 cadets to a hospital on Wednesday. The cadet...

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WATCH: Lightning Strike Sparks Colorful Explosions

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.12.2011 | Green
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Brian Luenser witnessed something Tuesday night he had never seen before: blue, purple, orange and red fireballs lighting up the Fort Worth, Texas sky...

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Lightning's About To Strike Plane

AOL.Com | Posted 07.12.2011 | Home
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Stunning video shows multiple bolts of lightning striking a plane as it descends into London. Luckily, no one was hurt -- and plane didn't even have a...

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WATCH: Man Struck By Lightning

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 06.29.2011 | Green
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This one's pretty much unbelievable. The video below will probably blow your mind, as a man casually walking in a storm gets hit out of nowhere. It...

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12-Year-Old Boy Survives Lightning Strike

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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A 12-year-old boy was struck by lightning Friday as a storm passed outside his school in Flossmoor, authorities said. ...

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New York Thunderstorms: The Craziest Lightning Strikes Caught On Camera (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Tuesday's giant thunderstorm flattened cars, knocked down trees, and generally wreaked havoc throughout the area. Central Park alone lost over 100 tr...

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