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

The massive size of the megaflash, which touched ground in five states in 2017, was revealed by a new analysis of satellite ...

“Our findings provide the first precise, quantitative explanation for how lightning initiates in nature,” Victor Pasko, the ...

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

Analysis of satellite data with new computational techniques has shown that the megaflash, which connected with 116 places on ...

A single lightning bolt silently crossed three states in 2017. Years later, satellites finally uncovered its record-breaking 515-mile path across the sky.

If you were awakened by thunder early on the morning of October 22, 2017 you may have witnessed a world record.

A shocking video shows the moment lightning hit a truck as it traveled across a bridge in southwest Louisiana.

Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, 2017. [Image credit: NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere ...

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

Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The ...