Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Talk about a bolt from the blue. Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – ...

The National Weather Service estimates that there are nearly 8 million lightning strikes worldwide per day, but it was a flash of lightning that never touched the ground that is making headlines today ...

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

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 ...

A 515-mile lightning flash is the longest ever recorded. The flash covered skies from Texas to Missouri in 2017. In 2020, another historical lightning flash was captured over Uruguay and Argentina. A ...

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 ...

DALLAS — A lightning strike from East Texas back in October 2017 has been certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history. But what are these massive megaflashes that can span ...

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

The Great Plains, including parts of Texas, has become an epicenter for severe storm activity, according to a new report. Environmental insight firm AEM just released its annual lightning report, ...