MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Christchurch City, the Canterbury Plains and Canterbury High Country.

The homeowner was inside the house at the time of the incident and escaped without injury, the department said.

FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A homeowner is lucky to be alive after lightning struck their home in Forrest County on Friday ...

The LA wildfires last January helped push the nation's "billion-dollar disasters" to a near record last year, even without a ...

LOS ANGELES — Fire Department Chief Jaime Moore admitted Tuesday that the department's after-action report on the Palisades fire was watered down to shield top brass from scrutiny.

The United States has a new lightning champion. Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning capital, according to a new report released Jan. 5. With approximately 73 lightning ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a lightning military strike, the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and spirited them out of the country to face justice in the United ...

This video captures a frightening lightning strike caught on camera. Watch the natural phenomenon unfold in real time, showcasing the power and unpredictability of a storm. Perfect for viewers ...

1048, A BUSY START TO THE YEAR FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. FIREFIGHTERS CAUSED AT LEAST FIREWORKS, CAUSED AT LEAST TWO FIRES, AND CREWS WERE CALLED TO FIGHT FOUR FIRES IN THIS RIVERVIEW ...

A firefighter with the Marysville Fire District was injured while fighting a house fire early Thursday. A residential fire was reported at approximately 1:45 a.m. Jan. 1 in the 9100 block of 61st ...

A fire damaged an Oakland home on the afternoon of Jan. 2, the second house fire in Bergen County on Friday. Emergency services are at the scene to help extinguish the blaze on Ramapo Valley Road.