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.
Last weekend, an Emirates Airbus 380 was struck by a jagged bolt of lightning as it began its descent into London's Heathrow Airport. Luckily, none of the passengers aboard were harmed, and the plane made it safely to the ground.
Believe it or not, airplanes generally sustain a couple of lightning strikes per year, and are designed so that their bodies act as a conductor, allowing the lightning to