The National Weather Service estimates that there are nearly 8 million lightning strikes worldwide per day, but it was a flash of lightning that never touched the ground that is making headlines today ...

The World Meteorological Organization announced that a new record was set for the longest lightning strike. The strike happened on Oct. 22, 2017, during a storm cell that covered parts of eastern ...

Two new world records for megaflashes of lightning have been recorded by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), including one for longest distance of a singular flash in North America and one ...

A flash of lightning spanning multiple southern states in 2017 has been named the longest ‘megaflash’ of lightning in the world, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Oct. 22, ...

DALLAS — A lightning flash from East Texas back in October 2017 has been certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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 ...

GREEN COUNTRY, Okla. — If you were awakened by thunder early on the morning of October 22, 2017 you may have witnessed a world record. A lightning bolt that traveled a whopping 515 miles—including ...

DALLAS — A lightning strike from East Texas back in October 2017 has been certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history. But what are these massive megaflashes that can span ...

The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The 515-mile lightning strike took 7.8 seconds The World Meteorological Organization announced that a new ...