It was one for the record books, a lightning flash that reached from eastern Texas to Kansas City. It happened back on Oct.

Where there’s lightning, a crash of thunder isn’t far behind. If a storm has passed and the sun has returned, it can make ...

A single lightning bolt silently crossed three states in 2017. Years later, satellites finally uncovered its record-breaking ...

The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed a "shocking" new record for the world’s longest megaflash of lightning.

“Our findings provide the first precise, quantitative explanation for how lightning initiates in nature,” Victor Pasko, the ...

Scientists using satellite data discovered a record-breaking lightning bolt that stretched 515 miles from Texas to Kansas ...

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

Scientists recently discovered a record-breaking lightning strike. Back on October 22, 2017, a "megaflash" lightning strike stretched 515 miles across eastern Texas to Kansas City, Missouri. If you ...

A single lightning bolt stretched across the Great Plains for an astonishing 515 miles, from eastern Texas to near Kansas ...

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

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

This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment. Additionally, WMO assessment of ...