Monday night a bear was killed in Woodland Park while climbing a tree during a lighting storm. Colorado Wildlife officials say the tree was struck by lightning while the bear was in it.
Last night around 9:30 - 10 there was quite a show! I believe this was the most lightning that I have ever seen at once in an hour's time.
As usual, we were outside hanging out and talking to our neighbors. That is when we noticed the storm appeared to be moving north and possibly a bit to the west...
Colorado Lightning Safety Awareness Week will continue through Saturday. You can check out the National Weather Service website for tips to keep safe during a thunderstorm.
A couple days ago lighting struck a tree in Island Grove park, right in front of the Greeley Stampede office. We have pictures of the tree that it hit.
Colorado can't seem to stay off of the nationwide lists as of late. Now it seems that the state has made the "lightning list", and we're pretty close to the top.
A 52-year-old Nebraska man died Saturday from a lightning strike in Rocky Mountain National Park. He was the second person to be killed in two days in separate lightning strikes in the park.
The storms rolling across Larimer County this afternoon are packing quite a wallop. We're hearing reports of flooding, road closures and mudslides in Rist Canyon and in the High Park burn area. As well as scary news of ten people getting struck by lightning in Wellington.
I saw the picture on the CSU Facebook page and I had to share it. It looks like a bomb went off, but it was awesome power of Mother Nature! A lightning bolt completely destroyed a 104-year-old honey locust tree near the Colorado State University Trial Garden in Fort Collins last Friday...