"This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment," professor Randall Cerveny said.

The GOES satellites are a major part of the puzzle, since they continuously monitor the sky. They also identified the longest ...

A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ...

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

A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the ...

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The WMO’s committee on weather and climate extremes used data from the GOES 16, 17, 18 and 19 satellites, positioned some 22,236 miles above Earth’s surface, to map the origin of the flash. Each ...

It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to ...

Conway-area shed damaged after apparent lightning strike ...

Did you see a flash of lightning? Start counting, because that can tell you how far away the thunderstorm is, and if it's ...

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

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning on Wednesday. (Sarah Antle/CBC)Part of Newfoundland's Avalon ...