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

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

A "megaflash" was one for the record books — a lightning flash that reached from eastern Texas to Kansas City.

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

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

A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...

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

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

A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...

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