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

The GOES satellites are a major part of the puzzle, since they continuously monitor the sky. They also identified the longest ...

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

A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ...

A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the ...

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

The record-breaking 'megaflash' took place during a thunderstorm in October 2017. It extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to ...

Using archival satellite data, researchers just officially confirmed the length of this enormous bolt of lightning that ...

It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Firefighters put out flames at a rental home in Buckhead on Thursday morning.

A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday — a megaflash that stretched for 829 ...

Megaflash hot spots include the U.S. Midwest and southeastern South America, site of the previous record-holder, a 709-kilometer-long bolt over parts of Brazil and Argentina. That lightning still ...