For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by some 44 bolts of lightning each second, on average. Despite this, ...

Lightning flashes streak across the sky in the German countryside. One large flash is mostly horizontal, another one is vertical. Sometimes lightning bolts can stretch hundreds of miles horizontally.

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) — A newly certified world record lightning bolt is now officially the longest ever recorded, and it passed right through Kansas. Barely! The World Meteorological Organization (WMO ...

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 ...

APOPKA, Fla. — Many in Central Florida witnessed a spectacular lightning show Monday night. As severe storms rolled through, some areas were lit up with lightning bolts. One Channel 9 viewer shared a ...