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

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

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

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

A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...

Analysis of satellite data with new computational techniques has shown that the megaflash, which connected with 116 places on the ground, is currently the longest on record ( Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc.

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

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

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

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

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