Discover the world's largest lightning flash, its record-breaking journey, and the importance of lightning safety. Stay ...

A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...

Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The ...

A lightning flash that is longer than 60 miles is considered a megaflash. Researchers first discovered them using new ...

Though it struck over the U.S. years ago, experts have only recently determined that a lightning bolt that a lightning flash ...

A 515-mile-long lightning strike that traveled from Texas to Missouri has been confirmed as the new world record.

Unlike the classic forked bolts that crash to Earth in a matter of milliseconds, megaflashes slither horizontally through ...

In October 2017, a thunderstorm in the United States produced lightning that extended across several states. Now, researchers ...

NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...