Talk about a bolt from the blue. Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt that blasted across central U.S. skies ...

There are two main types of lightning found on Earth: ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

A megaflash lightning has set the record for being the longest lightning ever recorded in the world. The megaflash traveled over 500 miles, roughly the distance from Washington D.C. to Detroit. The ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...

The Great Plains region, including Oklahoma and parts of Texas, is experiencing more frequent severe storms, according to a new report.

Scientists have confirmed a new world record for the longest lightning flash in a thunderstorm complex, which hit the Great Plains 8 years ago this fall. The so-called megaflash lightning extended a ...

The Sunshine State, which may be just as well-known for its storm activity, is no longer the lightning capital of the U.S., ...