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Dublin: 10 °C Sunday 19 May, 2013

Lightning

# lightning - Friday 17 May, 2013

This is what a bolt of lightning did to a house in Tipperary today…

The lightning made holes in the concrete wall and sockets inside the home were blown.

# lightning - Thursday 3 January, 2013

RIP

Irish climber Ian McKeever dies on Mt Kilimanjaro

The well-known figure in adventure sports was leading a group of charity fundraisers up the mountain when lightning struck.

# lightning - Wednesday 29 August, 2012

Lightning strike cuts electricity to 11,000 homes in Wexford

ESB Networks says a transformer was damaged during storms, and that crews are working to restore power.

# lightning - Tuesday 7 August, 2012

New Zealand volcano erupts after 100 years

Witnesses reported red hot rocks being thrown into the air as well as lightning and small explosions.

# lightning - Saturday 28 July, 2012

Four killed by freak lightning strike in Polish mountains

Rescue workers have said it is “extremely rare” for a single bolt of lightning to kill four people, and authorities are continuing to investigate the deaths.

# lightning - Thursday 26 July, 2012

Malaysia This post contains videos

Lightning blamed for Malaysian tanker explosion

One crew member died and four are missing after the explosion at a Petronas-operated methanol terminal.

# lightning - Friday 15 June, 2012

From The Score Euro 2012 This post contains videos

VIDEO: This electrical thunderstorm and torrential rain is why Ukraine v France was suspended

The rain in Ukraine falls mainly on the… Donbass Arena, by the looks of things.

# lightning - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Tuesday

Your essential roundup of the day’s big stories – plus any other bits and pieces you may have missed…

No joke: Hollande plane struck by lightning en route to Merkel summit

The plane returned to France where Hollande has since taken a second flight, bound for Berlin.

# lightning - Monday 14 November, 2011

From The Daily Edge Work Can Wait This post contains videos

WATCH: Stunning time-lapse video of Earth from space

Put your Monday morning in perspective with this incredible clip…

# lightning - Saturday 3 September, 2011

From The Score Lightning

Redemption for Bolt in 200m

Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt has put the disappointment of his disqualification from the 100m behind him to take gold in the 200m at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea.

# lightning - Thursday 11 August, 2011

ESB denies that lightning caused last weekend’s Amazon power cut

The ESB has said that it was a transformer failure that caused the outage on Sunday. Amazon’s backup generators failed after the power cut.

# lightning - Saturday 16 July, 2011

From The Score Women's World Cup

Five North Koreans fail dope tests at Women’s World Cup

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is ‘shocked’ as football faces its biggest tournament doping scandal in 17 years.

# lightning - Wednesday 1 June, 2011

From The Score Lightning This post contains videos

Bolt runs another 9.91 and nobody bats an eyelid

WATCH: The Fastest Man on Earth impresses – again – on his way to a win at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava last night.