Lightning flashed in the sky over northern Texas on Thursday, March 5, as the National Weather Service (NWS) warned of severe storms in the area.Footage from Chad Casey shows the stormy night near ...

The National Weather Service estimates that there are nearly 8 million lightning strikes worldwide per day, but it was a flash of lightning that never touched the ground that is making headlines today ...

LIBERTY, Ohio (WKBN) — It was a close call for officers responding to a call in Liberty Township early Wednesday morning. Girard officers were assisting Liberty with a disturbance at a facility on ...

The bright flash of lightning and its accompanying boom of thunder are so grand that the phenomenon has indelibly etched its mark into songs, stories, and religious traditions. Perhaps part of what ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There’s regular lightning and then there’s megaflash lightning ...

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 ...

DALLAS — A lightning flash from East Texas back in October 2017 has been certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Double rainbow? Old news. It’s all about rainbow lightning these days. Early Monday evening, some Phoenix residents were lucky enough to catch two weather phenomena at once. A monsoon rainstorm ended ...

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 ...

Residents in several areas of New Jersey reported rumbling sounds and colorful flickering lights as the storm was ...

Engineers across many disciplines are aware of and concerned with lightning—and for good reasons. A lightning strike can cause significant structural damage, house and forest fires, and severe ...