Lightning

The Boston-based student was on a trip with the Lander, Wyo.-based National Outdoor Leadership School, or NOLS. The case is the first fatality caused by a lightning strike in Wyoming in more than ten years.

Fire season may have started with a bang this weekend, as lightning struck across parts of south and central Idaho. Lightning can hit forests thousands of…

A dozen aircraft and more than 130 firefighters are working to contain three central Idaho wildfires sparked by lightning before they become so large…

Seven small lightning-caused wildfires are burning on the Boise National Forest after Wednesday night's storm. Forest officials say all the fires are…

This post was updated at 11:15 a.m. July 25, 2014.Fire officials say they've nearly contained all 27 of Wednesday's lightning-caused wildfires on the…

The rare wet weather in southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon produced more than 10,000 lightning strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday.The National…