Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Talk about a bolt from the blue. Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. Thunderstorm safety often comes down ...

A super-sized lightning bolt struck scientists as something special. Now, researchers have confirmed that a lightning strike from 2017 has broken a world record. A single flash of lightning that ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that a 515-mile-long "megaflash" of lightning in 2017 is a new world record. The flash, a term for lightning inside a cloud that does not hit ...

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 ...

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An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...

Ever sit outside on a warm summer's evening and notice flashes of lightning, but no actual rain clouds near you? This is commonly referred to as "heat" lightning. While it's not uncommon to see these ...

Talk about a bolt from the blue. Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt that blasted across central U.S. skies ...