Oklahoma has surpassed Florida as the nation's new lightning leader, recording about 73 flashes per square mile in 2025. This ...

The Great Plains, including parts of Texas, has become an epicenter for severe storm activity, according to a new report.

(CNN) — 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 ...

Scientists have confirmed a new world record for the longest lightning flash in a thunderstorm complex, which hit the Great Plains 8 years ago this fall. The so-called megaflash lightning ...

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 ...

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit has shared a mind-blowing video from the International Space Station showing bright purple ...