Lightning Rod

A lightning rod is a block used to divert lightning strikes.

Breaking
Lightning rods must be mined with a stone pickaxe or better, or else it drops nothing.

Usage
Lightning rods can be oriented in different directions. Lightning rods redirect lightning strikes within an area of 32×4×32 blocks to the top of the rod, which can prevent flammable structures from catching on fire during thunderstorms. Lightning rods do not divert the lightning created by a trident enchanted with Channeling thrown at an entity during a thunderstorm, or the lightning summoned by commands.

A lighting rod emits a redstone signal when struck by lightning. A Channeling-enchanted trident thrown at a lightning rod always creates thunder without the need for a mob, but no redstone signal is produced.

Trivia

 * According to Minecraft Live 2020, Ulraf had the idea of lightning rods when a lightning strike burned down his wooden house.