A single lightning "megaflash" traveled more than 515 miles across the United States, the longest ever measured, according to ...

The National Weather Service estimates that there are nearly 8 million lightning strikes worldwide per day, but it was a flash of lightning that never touched the ground that is making headlines today ...

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new world record for the longest lightning flash or “megaflash,” which struck from East Texas to Kansas City. Where ...

In a remarkable meteorological feat, a lightning flash has made history by traveling an astounding515 miles across the United ...

The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The World Meteorological Organization announced that a new ...

Most people probably have an intuition that lightning is big, but few people grasp the true potential scope that a single bolt of lighting can have.

Two new world records for megaflashes of lightning have been recorded by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), including one for longest distance of a singular flash in North America and one ...

A flash of lightning spanning multiple southern states in 2017 has been named the longest ‘megaflash’ of lightning in the world, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Oct. 22, ...

A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 was recognized Thursday as a new world record. The flash — dubbed a "megaflash," or a single ...

The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times - Copyright AFP/File Kena Betancur The crater of ...