Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long, horizontal streaks of spider lightning below the base of a storm cloud in the Arizona desert in 2008. “We call it megaflash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, ...

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 ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - A new record has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization for the world’s longest lightning bolt, breaking a previous record set by a bolt that flashed across ...

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. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Heat lightning is the nickname given to the silent lightning strikes and faint flashes of light that are visible on the distant horizon on some warm, humid summer nights. To the naked eye, these ...