On Aug. 21, 1947, a quiet summer rainstorm in Columbus turned tragic when lightning struck a bridge, causing a violent explosion.
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What's the longest lightning bolt ever recorded?
"Thunder is impressive," Mark Twain wrote, "but it is lightning that does the work." Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most ...
Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but for natural phenomena, the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s) ...
In the middle of a huge midwest storm, a flash of lightning stretched 515 miles from east Texas to Kansas City, Mo., setting a new record. The flash occurred in October 2017, but scientists didn't ...
FRESNO, Calif. -- The sweet sound of rain. July has brought a summer storm along with it. Lightning strikes throughout Fresno including a huge bolt caught on our Downtown Fresno Skycam. This bolt ...
Hundreds of lightning strikes sparked across the Bay Area as a low pressure system passed through the region, bringing a ...
Lightning strikes south of Badger Mountain on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, as seen from the parking garage at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. Courtesy Scott Butner A Richland-based photographer ...
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