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

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

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

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

Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...

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

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

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

Lightning is the most beautiful and dramatic demonstration of electricity in nature, yet its origin has long eluded a ...

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