The record-breaking bolt stretched over 500 miles (approximately 800 kilometers), crossing portions of the southern United States. This beats out the previous record from 2020.

The science behind the longest lightning bolt ever recorded What atmospheric conditions lead to lightning megaflashes? by XiaoZhi Lim, special to C&EN August 7, 2025 3 min read Share ...

Slow-motion video captures massive lightning bolt in Central Florida Many in Central Florida witnessed a spectacular lightning show Monday night.

With the excitement brewing, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the NHL released the logo for the 2026 Stadium Series.

This is one for the record books — a single lightning bolt stretched more than 515 miles across the U.S., from Texas to Kansas City, shattering the previous world record by 38 miles. Known as a ...

515-Mile Lightning Bolt, as Big as 7,553 Football Fields, Breaks World Record The powerful megaflash extended from eastern Texas to Kansas City in Missouri ...

The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed a 515-mile lightning strike from 2017 as the longest ever recorded.

A jaw-dropping 515-mile lightning bolt lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records and reshaping our understanding of extreme weather. Thanks to advanced satellite tech ...

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 ...

Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most awe-inspiring phenomena, illuminating the skies with its fearsome forks.

Environment Weather A record-breaking lightning bolt just ‘shocked’ meteorologists The ultra-rare megaflash traveled 515 miles in October 2017. Laura Baisas Jul 31, 2025 2:58 PM EDT ...

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 ...