A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.

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

In October 2017, lightning stretched across multiple Great Plains states, and a weather satellite captured the event ...

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

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

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

The 2017 'megaflash' stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, crossing at least three states in seven seconds, ...

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

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

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

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