Many in Central Florida witnessed a spectacular lightning show Monday night. As severe storms rolled through, some areas were ...

The World Meteorological Organization reported that a megaflash has set a new world record for lightning discharge distance.

This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment. Additionally, WMO assessment of ...

We’ve long understood the broad strokes of lightning, but the what kickstarts the process—and allows for some of its weirdest ...

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

A single lightning bolt silently crossed three states in 2017. Years later, satellites finally uncovered its record-breaking ...

The World Meteorological Organization certified the record observed with advanced satellite technology from the National ...

NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...

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

The 515-mile bolt stretched from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., a roughly eight-hour distance by car, according to the ...

In a flash, a single lightning bolt lit up the sky across three states in the Great Plains. On Thursday, after careful ...

The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City — a distance that would take at least eight hours by ...