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

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

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

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 extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

A colossal 'megaflash' stretching 829 kilometers across the sky above the United States on October 22, 2017, has been ...