A lightning strike reported over Texas and other Gulf Coast states has turned out to be the longest recorded strike to date. The 477-mile-long flash, a new record for horizontal lightning, spanned ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new record has been set for the world’s longest lightning flash, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) — and it’s probably far longer that you’d imagine. A ...

ATLANTA — It’s not often a scientist breaks a world record — let alone their own — but that’s exactly what Dr. Michael Peterson has done. An applied physicist at the Severe Storms Research Center at ...

In a recent milestone confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a truly gargantuan lightning flash has claimed the title of longest ever recorded. Scientists measured it at an ...

Two flashes of lightning in Argentina and Brazil have broken two world records: one for the longest reported distance for a single flash, and one for the longest reported duration. Technically, the ...

Scientists in the Emirates have developed a novel lightning mast layout that reportedly eliminates shading effect on PV panels. The proposed approach also addresses earth grid requirements under ...

Two new world records for megaflashes of lightning have been recorded by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), including one for longest distance of a singular flash in North America and one ...

The 477-mile-long flash, a new record for horizontal lightning, spanned from roughly southern Mississippi to the Corpus Christi area on April 29, 2020, the World Meteorological Organization announced ...