CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may know the slogan, "when thunder roars, go indoors." That's what you should do when a thunderstorm is nearby. Lightning is one of the most dangerous aspects of storms. It is ...

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 near ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The World Meteorological Organization announced a new world record had been set after a bolt of lightning spread across three southern states. On April 29, 2020, a 477-mile-long lightning bolt spread ...

Christian Cotroneo is the social media editor at Treehugger. He is a founding editor at HuffPost Canada, and former writer at The Dodo and Toronto Star. You may have already seen the jarring video ...