A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 was recognized Thursday as a new world record. The flash — dubbed a "megaflash," or a single ...

A super-sized lightning bolt struck scientists as something special. Now, researchers have confirmed that a lightning strike from 2017 has broken a world record. A single flash of lightning that ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...

Lightning strike deaths increased in 2025 as 19 people were killed across the U.S. Men aged 20-39 were the most likely to be killed by lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Only three ...

Wild video captured the moment a gamer was struck by lightning while livestreaming from inside his North Carolina home last week. The Twitch streamer, aptly known as “Chrispymate,” was recording from ...

Two men who were hunting in southern Colorado and whose bodies were found last week were killed by a lightning strike. That's according to the Conejos County Coroner's Office, which launched an ...

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