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

A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...

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

The 515-mile bolt stretched from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., a roughly eight-hour distance by car, according to 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 lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...

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

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

A 515-mile-long lightning strike that traveled from Texas to Missouri has been confirmed as the new world record.

"This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment," professor Randall Cerveny said.

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

A lightning bolt stretching across three U.S. states in 2017 has just been confirmed as the longest ever recorded. Scientists ...