A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...

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

It was one for the record books, a lightning flash that reached from eastern Texas to Kansas City. It happened back on Oct.

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 ...

A 2017 lightning megaflash spanning 515 miles was confirmed as the longest ever, thanks to new satellite tech that helps ...

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

Using archival satellite data, researchers just officially confirmed the length of this enormous bolt of lightning that ...

The longest lightning flash in the world covered more than 500 miles of ground, scientists have found. The “megaflash” occurred on October 22 2017 in the Great Plains of the US during a major storm.

Megaflash hot spots include the U.S. Midwest and southeastern South America, site of the previous record-holder, a 709-kilometer-long bolt over parts of Brazil and Argentina. That lightning still ...

The record-setting lightning megaflash occurred on October 22, 2017, stretching approximately 829 kilometers, or 515 miles, ...

Scientists using satellite data discovered a record-breaking lightning bolt that stretched 515 miles from Texas to Kansas ...

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