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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

DALLAS — A lightning flash from East Texas back in October 2017 has been certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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, ...

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

Shocking! Sparked by a major thunderstorm complex rumbling over the Great Plains, a single megaflash lightning bolt captured by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite was recently certified by the World ...

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 ...