Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have confirmed a new world record for the longest lightning flash in a thunderstorm complex, which hit the Great Plains ...

A megaflash lightning has set the record for being the longest lightning ever recorded in the world. The megaflash traveled over 500 miles, roughly the distance from Washington D.C. to Detroit. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seven seconds. That's how long it took a single lightning flash to streak across the sky from east Texas nearly to Kansas City, ...

It’s a hot night, and it appears lightning is going wild in the dark sky -- but there’s no thunder. What’s going on? According to the National Weather Service, the term “heat lightning” is commonly ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The term “heat lightning” is commonly used to describe flashes in the sky when no thunder is heard, but it is not a real type of lightning. The flashes come from a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Tampa Bay Lightning added a whole new meaning to being a part of the “Distant Thunder” Wednesday morning ahead of the team’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks. The team took ...