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

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 ...

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

Severe storms in Acadiana led to a lightning strike that destroyed a church in St. Mary Parish. The historic St. John the ...

A swath of Northern California is at risk for more lightning this week with red flag warnings to go in effect Wednesday.

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

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

A driver captured the dramatic moment that lightning struck the hood of his car as he was driving through stormy weather on a ...

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 ...

A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for ...