Many in Central Florida witnessed a spectacular lightning show Monday night. As severe storms rolled through, some areas were ...

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City — a distance that would take at least eight hours by ...

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

We’ve long understood the broad strokes of lightning, but the what kickstarts the process—and allows for some of its weirdest ...

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

The World Meteorological Organization certified the record observed with advanced satellite technology from the National ...

A jaw-dropping 515-mile lightning bolt lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records and reshaping ...

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

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

Scientists have announced that a 2017 lightning bolt has set the record for the longest lightning flash in recorded history.

This is one for the record books — a single lightning bolt stretched more than 515 miles across the U.S., from Texas to Kansas City, shattering the previous world record by 38 miles. Known as a ...